Replacing my shell

im using windowblinds right now here is my desktop: -

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9730/desktop2rq.jpg

lol 43... i have tended towards gnome, but now find slackware only going the kde path, so i may switch.

I just found gnome to be a tad more consistant in the early days and had better gui tools for admin on a pc, hence why i stuck to em back in the umm.. . 6 or 7 days of redhat i think.

Have you used gDesklets? interesting but a pain in the ass to get running... bloody dependancies and perl!