I toyed with upgrading my Kubuntu Gutsy (7.10) to Hardy (8.04) but came to the conclusion that a fresh install would do me the world of good. My Gutsy had KDE4 bolted on to it with some KDE4 apps and various other junk installed so, yeah, time to start afresh.

This is my current desktop:

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It’s a marriage between KDE4 and Compiz Fusion overseen by the Rev. Hardy Heron.

I did try KDE4’s built in desktop effects but they were just too unreliable and slow, but Compiz Fusion is still (as ever) lightning fast. Add to that the Emerald window decorator and it’s looooooovely.