I've been catching up on my e-mail and just found this thread today. I have
tried several windows managers on my Ubuntu installation, Xfce & Fluxbox in
particular. I used to be a big CDE fan on Solaris, so I used to prefer KDE,
but my needs have changed and I've learned to appreciate the simplicity of
Gnome, Xfe & Fluxbox. Fluxbox appeals to my sense of control over the
interface (read on it if you are not familiar), but I miss things like
automounting of CDs and thumb drives.

This brings me to a question. Does Xubuntu automaount thumb drives, CDs and
such? I've considered giving it a shot next time I reinstall.