Damn man, you are moving fast. That other screen posted last week and now thins and spending time in linux? Nerd.

If I didn't know better, I'd say West was *paid* to theme. ;)

I must say that Linux is growing old on me very fast. It was fun for a few days, but once I realised that I had to compile every other app or skin I wanted to try (and 9 times out of 10 it didn't work even if I figured out *how* to go about it), I just gave up and went along the path of least resistance. I'll keep the installation for the time being in case I want to tinker some more, but as long as Windows lets me do all I want and need to do, I'll stick with it. Jumping between two OS's for different tasks is just a bloody hassle.

Don't give up West. Take a chance and stick with it. If you do make it, I'll have someone to pester for help!

Are you using Gentoo? You shouldn't have to compile much anymore if you are using anything else.

No, I'm using openSUSE. And while it *is* possible to install most apps with that built-in program manager thingy (the name escapes me ATM), you'll still have to compile many things you d/l, skins in particular. I have yet to get some other window decorations than the default ones working.

Besides -- the lack of a good (i.e. Miranda-good) IM client in the Linux world is driving me nuts. Is Gaim and Kopete really the best the *nix community can muster?

I had no problem swapping window borders, icons, login themes, etc. with either Ubuntu (Gnome) or Kubuntu (KDE). I haven't compiled anything yet.

I prefer Gnome for the overall desktop configuration, but the window skins and window control options (i.e., left/right/middle click and scroll options) were better in KDE. With the Brightside app loaded I can do corner hotspot actions and swap desktops by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen, similar to the way I have it configured in LS.