Over time I've become a big fan of KDE. There are two reasons I favor KDE: 1. Subjective impression that it's more solid. I've just had more gnome things go south on me, and more of the gnome apps seem to be beta-ish. But then, I haven't ever tried KOffice --- your mileage may vary. 2. Subjective impression of better UI. For example, at least at the most recent Gnome I tried, their help browser had no search feature! This seems totally goofy to me. gnorpm has a UI that I find almost totally inscrutable, etc., etc. Of course, KDE has the totally annoying one-click-to-activate misfeature. But by and large, I find it superior. Oh, yes, and it's centered around konqueror, which I feel to be the best browser available for linux, bar none. Cheers, R