GNOME is very unusual. Yesterday I was unsuccessfully trying to configure Wi-Fi — there’s no network search anywhere. The drivers seem to be installed, but I couldn’t connect. On the other hand, the webcam was recognized; it works in Skype settings, still need to test it during an actual call. Finally got the keyboard configured — managed without editing the X config. GNOME doesn’t save the session by default (unlike KDE), meaning apps that were open last time don’t launch on login. Haven’t found where to enable that yet.
Two more GNOME disappointments: first, no proper drop-down terminal — I’m so used to Yakuake sliding down from the top. Second — no decent software for RDP/VNC access. In KDE I had KRDC, but now I’m not sure what to use.
I’m pondering a dilemma: why are GNOME users so afraid of KDE software? It would be interesting to measure how much extra memory is actually used if I run something like Kopete or Konsole inside GNOME.
And the GNOME panel (taskbar or whatever) — it’s just bad.