> There's also the nuttiness known as gnome-shell and unity. I wish more people knew about Xfce (Xubuntu). It offers a better Gnome 2 -like experience than Gno

> There's also the nuttiness known as gnome-shell and unity. I wish more people knew about Xfce (Xubuntu). It offers a better Gnome 2 -like experience than Gnome 2 ever did. Although, the ouf-of-the-box theme, and look and feel, of Xfce/Xubuntu looks very dated. Changing the theme, desktop background picture, adding some transparency, is easy for a geek, and gives you a nice modern-looking desktop. But the default theme with gray and blue colors gives a somewhat Windows XP -like feeling.