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That&#8217;s a mixed blessing &#8211; I haven&#8217;t had a need to shop around, so I&#8217;m not sure if there&#8217;s something I&#8217;m missing out on.  Certainly compiz-fusion will be a blast to play with some day, albeit not (yet) necessary.  A lot of my linux friends have defected to Macs, but that&#8217;s too rich for my blood.  Go ahead and rant at me if you&#8217;re from another desktop planet.  I&#8217;m eternally curious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using the following with fluxbox to keep me happy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/themes.freshmeat.net\/projects\/yax\/\">YAX theme<\/a><\/li>\n<li>slit apps: gkrellm, wmsmixer, wmtop, wmweather+ (replace this!)<\/li>\n<li>a tricky fluxbox keyboard macro to allow me to pop up the &#8220;slit&#8221; sidebar &#8211; I believe you need fluxbox 1.1.1 or better to do this:\n<pre><code># MDM Key to toggle autohide of slit.  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