To be honest I havent used linux much, though I could I dont know why. When I first used a live CD I used the KDE desktop so now I tend to use that although i havent actually tried Gnome so i shall be taking note of this thread an possibly using it very soon I guess the main reason i use KDE is because it was the first thing I tried and I tend to stick to the first thing I try! Also i like it because being a plain old windows user as I was i actually do like the way that windows displays, I just dont like the way it works so I'm happy with the way that KDE looks on-screen as it has a similar menu to the 'start' menu in windows and looks slightly similar so it makes it easier for me to use.