No, Gnome apps(Documents, Music, and rest of crap) are not following siplistic philosophy, they are followitg easinest. There is huge difference between easy and simple.
Gnome alternative for KISS - KIED (keep it easy dumbass)
Thanks for answer, I want to make a simple game in scheme, so I am considering chibi, maybe I need to try somehow to add opengl binding. I know there is other implementations but I want to try chibi (r7rs) :)
I changed too my linux window manager three days ago to stumpwm. It feels and runs great. Try conkeror web browser If you didn't yet, +10% productivity gain.
Gnome alternative for KISS - KIED (keep it easy dumbass)