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Can anyone using the beta tell me whether:

* I can still do focus-follows-mouse if I hack around with the settings?

* If it has a 'workspace manager' thing that lets you have multiple workspaces?

Without those, no way, no how. Other stuff I can probably get used to.

Multiple workspaces - yes it does have multiple workspaces and devilspie continues to work in Natty. Dont know about focus follows mouse.

focus-follows-mouse is pretty much impossible to use with the menu bar being in the panel. When you need something from the menu, you have to try to avoid moving your mouse over other windows while trying to reach the menu so that they don't get the focus.

You can disable the main menu bar by removing the appmenu-gtk package.

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