I've found that if you set up devilspie and xbindkeys, it doesn't really matter what WM you use. devilspie is a rules engine for windows--new windows for this

I've found that if you set up devilspie and xbindkeys, it doesn't really matter what WM you use. devilspie is a rules engine for windows--new windows for this application go to this desktop and are always maximized; browser windows always go to workspace 1, all windows are always undecorated, etc. xbindkeys is a scheme app that just handles mapping key bindings to shell commands. Both of these are configured with files full of s-expression that you can check into your version control. Put them together and you can kinda ignore the fact that you're still using brain-dead metacity.