rootninja

I like my gnome panel on the side. If you like the default on the top or bottom, you will want to fix the geometry. And my display is 1600×1200 (3200×1200 xinerama)

Here’s the string I use to launch a remote desktop to my windows machine.

rdesktop -5 -a 16 -k en-us -g 1566x1144 -P \
-u ${USER} windows-ts1.rootninja.com -xl \
-r disk:${USER}=${HOME} \
-r disk:dvd=/media/ \
-r sound:local \
-d domain -z &

This lets you access your Linux home directory and local DVD drive from Windows without having to set up additional cifs/nfs mounts. My home directory is an NFS mount from another server, so you should be able to access *any* file system that is available on your Linux side.