I did the same - I'd been clinging onto the outdated 10.04 LTS for some time, because I didn't want to move to either Unity or Gnome 3 (tried both for a fortnig

I did the same - I'd been clinging onto the outdated 10.04 LTS for some time, because I didn't want to move to either Unity or Gnome 3 (tried both for a fortnight each, in daily use, and just couldn't be as productive on either). Eventually, after having a go with Xfce and finding it reasonably good, I tried the latest Kubuntu (12.04, KDE 4.8) and really love it. Every time I come across an annoyance[1], there's a checkbox somewhere to turn it off, or change it to work how I want. [1] Annoyances for me include things like doing something just because I move the mouse somewhere - like showing an Exposé just because I put my mouse in the top-left corner.