Linus Torvalds has made the switch from KDE to GNOME graphical user interface, which is regarded as more minimalistic than KDE. In an interview, Linus states that the 4.0 release of KDE is what really pushed him towards using GNOME. "I used to be a KDE user. I thought KDE 4.0 was such a disaster I switched to GNOME... The whole 'break everything' model is painful for users and they can choose to use something else" Linus said regarding his switch.