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Well, I find a great advantage in Linux multiple desktop capabilities. It allows me to multi task more applications than I can under Windows due to the ability to assemble the running application on different desktops

I'm currently running 3 desktops on two monitors using a dual-head matrox video card on Windows XP Pro. The capabilities exist.

I run nine virtual (gnome) desktops on the machine I am typing this on (RedHat). Have an TV card sending HBO into the middle window, four different WWW sessions in the others, terminals, perfmeters, etc. All one 19" terminal.

At work, I have 12 virtual desktops on one monitor. Some lucky stiffs here at work have two monitors and one guy runs 20 virtual terminals for image processing!

Of course, if you want, you can also multiple X sessions, which many here do...so the truly insane could run, say 140 virual desktops.