The only reason I can find to prefer one desktop over another is ease of using / assigning custom keyboard shortcuts: http://oss.zentu.net/?q=node/27 http://os

The only reason I can find to prefer one desktop over another is ease of using / assigning custom keyboard shortcuts: http://oss.zentu.net/?q=node/27 http://oss.zentu.net/?q=node/27 KDE4 was a huge leap backward in that respect. 3.5 was about perfect, and I actually preferred it over Gnome when 3.5 was the default. But more often than not must we learn the hard way that sometimes it's just best to leave well enough alone.