You titled this The Perfect Desktop, but then put Gnome in there?!? Umm, how could it be perfect without KDE as the window manager? I've used KDE for years, and just tried to switch over to Gnome for Evolution's sake, and felt like a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. It was terribly limiting, and mad me very sad, very quickly. Could you perhaps do a how-to to make a REAL Perfect Desktop (KDE 4.2). Thanks. PS I really enjoy your perfect server articles. They are very informative and helped me through the tough spots quite frequently.