I am a very happy panda.

See, every since I have been living at in the software lab at school, I have become more and more enamored with Linux. Specifically, Fluxbox is now my window manager of choice, and anything else seems unnecessarily clunky and heavy-handed, including the beloved-by-all Windows Explorer shell.

This has changed with the advent of a new* desktop shell for Windows. Gone forever are the days of the Start button. Revel in the new reign of LiteStep!

* Well, new for me. I tend to find about these things late, you see...

The background is in the process of changing, so this is still a work in progress, but I do have the following going:

• 3 virtual desktops, scrollable with either the mouse or keyboard shortcuts
  
• global hotkeys, bound to mozilla, winamp, et al.
  
• right-click menu from the desktop
  

We loves it. Aside from a few minor technical grievances that I could probably fix if I had half a mind to, everything is running almost exactly as I like it.

Now if only I could get work done at home...   ¶ 7:04 p.m.