Disappointing that this article erases KDE from Linux history. KDE predates GNOME by a couple of years and the development of GNOME was a reaction to KDE, specifically the "proprietary at the time" QT toolkit it was built with.
GNOME3 is pretty, except the default window decorations for apps not doing client-side deco. IMHO it's almost like they want to punish users for using those apps.
Disappointing that this article erases KDE from Linux history. KDE predates GNOME by a couple of years and the development of GNOME was a reaction to KDE, specifically the "proprietary at the time" QT toolkit it was built with.