Actually, I've been using Xmonad+Gnome for almost a year now and am super happy with it. If you're willing to leave the false abstraction of stackable "windows

Actually, I've been using Xmonad+Gnome for almost a year now and am super happy with it. If you're willing to leave the false abstraction of stackable "windows" behind in the quest for maximum productivity, I suggest you give it a shot.