You're not the only one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Linus Torvalds
This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
Just search for the terms
torvalds vs. gnome for more on the issue.