First, with Gnome I feel like in the jail, too much things are not very
customizable. LXDE it is not bad but it is very downgraded.
Windows 8 it is horrible. Full downgraded.
Yes, Gnome for touchscreens will be better option I think, but not for
desktop.
I love apple stock GUI, but It is horrible the downgrade from
Leopard-Yosemite, it looks like iPhone or iBad and not desktop computer, with
Yosemite you lose your beautiful aqua buttons/scrolls and customization.
The good thing of GNU/Linux, is that you install what you want, and not what
want Apple or Micro$soft. You take the full control of your computer/device.
I don't want to says that Gnome is a shitty or crappy, I only say that I hate
it.
