I'd somehow mistakenly dismissed XFCE as being "too fiddly" years ago, but I've recently switched to it and I love it. It's like a saner, more configurable GNO

I'd somehow mistakenly dismissed XFCE as being "too fiddly" years ago, but I've recently switched to it and I love it. It's like a saner, more configurable GNOME 2.6 with pleasant defaults.