Out of the box yes, generally clunky. But those I have played with, KDE, XFCE etc. (disclaimer.. I haven't tried this one) are generally very tunable and can l

Out of the box yes, generally clunky. But those I have played with, KDE, XFCE etc. (disclaimer.. I haven't tried this one) are generally very tunable and can look quite nice when customized. I agree with poster who mentions the panel though. Usually they aren't so good. Although with a semi-transparent panel my KDE desktop looks pretty good to me at least.