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Gnome is a acquired taste, but it is also a lot less work to keep working then KDE or other desktop options.

There are a lot of people that bitch about it, but that is only because it is the most popular one and they think that Linux desktop is a zero sum game. They don't use Gnome most of the time and arguments tend to be parroting somebody else and probably out of date for years or just kinda made up conspiracy theories about Redhat or something.

The whole thing is pretty confused. Gnome being popular doesn't make KDE not be popular.