and if you don't want to go that extreme, just using a different virtual desktop can work wonders. Ironically one of my todos is to hack my xfce to swap out pa

and if you don't want to go that extreme, just using a different virtual desktop can work wonders. Ironically one of my todos is to hack my xfce to swap out panels (and maybe somehow browser profiles?) when changing to certain named workspaces. So I could have my 'coding' workspace with a panel of work-only applications ready to go, only work-related bookmarks in the browser, etc. The idea of logging out and in as another user seems to have just a bit too much friction for my tastes, but maybe I should just embrace it.