Well I guess if somehow it reminded you of Gnome that would make sense, since the Hildon GUI is part of the Gnome project. I actually find your impressions promising. I like the Gnome desktop. For me it's a nice balance between being a full featured desktop and maintaining a relatively minimalistic look. Most desktops these days Vista/Windows 7, OS X, KDE, are just way too cutesy for me. They favor animations and childish graphics that add no functionality. So if Hildon is more subdued that's fine with me. I want functionality. I'm worried even that the animated scrolling workspaces will get annoying after a while. It might be nice to have an option to switch desktops quickly without having to watch a scrolling effect for the millionth time. That kind of stuff is really cool at first and I find really pointless after not very long.