All that - and then you end up using Gnome?!

Amen to everything you’re saying.

Wait - you’re still running e16?!

I remember that one of the things that really blew me away was the virtual desktop pager which was a live miniature of the actual desktops.

Could you expand on that? What is exceptional about the feature set, and how does e use the desktop differently?

‘not speedy, but ongoing’ - That sounds like E, alright …