I agree on one fact I do not like GNome or the Gnome add ins like Enlightenment because they are so unstable but, I use Mandrake 10.1 KDE 3.3 is my base window manager and it has never crashed. I also have never had an application install from a mdk.rpm crash. Mandrake has recovery install same as windows I presently run MS Office 2000 (including Frontpage and Access) and Adobe Acrobat under cross office with no problem. I only use windows for desktop support for Windows, I use Evolution 2.0 fro mail and contacts 100% Exchange Server compatible (it is also a clone of Outlook). GNU Cash imported my Quickbooks files and now works great. But what chased me away from Windows was 2 games one AmericasArmy was so slow under Windows,lag was just un beleivable. Under Linux no problems. The other was "Bass Tournement a great game that will not play on my WinXP setup but plays great under wine.
Maybe I was lucky in picking the right dist. but hey it works and serves my needs. :-D
