To the LiteStep users: Have you been able to get your systray working? I've tried a couple different distros to no avail.
Anyone looking at alternative shells, I've found shellcity.net to be a pretty good starting point. I've found most of the shells out there to be kinda flakey, except litestep (if not for the damn systray problem).
Anyone who wants to see some coolness, check out the 3D desktops as well. Spaces for windows is a pretty cool desktop alternative:
www.spatialresearch.com