Its been over a week now, and I can’t say I have missed windows at all. I started out with gnome as it installs by default, even though I’ve always preferred KDE. After a few days, I installed KDE too. I remembered instantly why I like it so much.

KDE just seems so much more “grown up” to me. Administration is a snap, and everything is right there ready to go. I also prefer a single panel, as opposed to the top and bottom panels of gnome.

I’ve tried Looking Glass, a java windows manager, but its still a bit sluggish for my taste. I have a decent machine, plenty of horsepower, but lg3d was still a little slow. Next up, I plan to give Beryl a shot. The features list is sick.