Feeling abit jealous of Macs with their shiny interface, I decided to try something other than the basic, (but very efficient) xfce. I decided to try kde, an interface actually meant *for computers* (cough Windows 8, Gnome 3 cough) something I haven't touched in at least 4 years. I was blown away! It is absolutely gorgeous, and it runs pretty well, complete with 3D effects, even on my humble netbook (Intel atom N550 and 2 GB RAM)...The startup time is slower, but not bad...Kudos to KDE for getting it right!