I'm also a fan, but only on my fairly large multiple-monitor setup. I find it's consistently getting in my way (or staying out of my way) at the wrong times on

I'm also a fan, but only on my fairly large multiple-monitor setup. I find it's consistently getting in my way (or staying out of my way) at the wrong times on my thinkpad. Which is why I wonder the same as you - as on my netbook and thinkpad, I just installed LXDE via software center and carried on. Quite nice how well that works, actually.