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Why would I want to give up so much desktop real estate to lists of things that can be compacted into a menu entry, or to a collection of a hundred or so program icons in an alphabetical list?

Maybe it's a matter of personal style, but to my eyes the new Gnome desktop is more cluttered than improved.

Is there a conspiracy afoot to dumb-down Linux to the level of potential users who cannot recite the alphabet or organize concepts, but rely on pictures? You know, the ones who need the picture of the fish sandwich on the cash register at fast food joints.