Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you

Windows 8 lives again on Linux, and I'm just as confused by it as you ...

Bring a little bit of Windows 8 into Linux with shell styled after infamous tile-based interface

Block by boring block.
Hackaday

The Windows Interface You Didn’t Like, For Linux

If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, ...
Ars Technica

Windows 8, the post-PC world, and Linux: Microsoft will prevail

Could someone explain to me exactly how drastically different mainstream Linux Desktop Environments and Window Managers really are from Windows? I mean really, this myth that the GUI options for Linux ...