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A little off topic but I'm kinda new to Linux myself, why do you dislike Gnome?
Gnome is like the Apple of Linux. It’s a bunch of “we know better than you do, so use it in the very specific way we want you to use it” devs.
I agree. It's very opinionated, which in Linuxland means they end up trying to force everyone else to do things they way that they want, instead of providing any sort of compatibility effort.
I don't remember exactly, just something about being unable to get some crap off the screen. But it's a matter (in my case) of subjectively preferring the MATE UI. It's fine to try them all and see what you like best.