[xmonad] Ditching Gnome

[Sean Allen]

> 3. gnome-do: I use this as an easy way to launch applications.  I don't use most
>   of the more complicated features like combining objects and verbs.
>

ditto on dmenu. its awesome.

> Nice to Have:
> 4. High-level view of all desktops and which apps are running on each.

you can set up the ability to jump to a window which is vaguely similar.

http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Prompt-Window.html