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Perhaps the greatest single productivity-boosting feature in Linux is the ability to open several virtual desktops at one time. The multiple desktops let you focus on the task at hand without interruption, but switch to your other active workspace with a single click.

This idea taken from the PCLinuxOS forum is about the "activity-focused virtual desktop layout designed to address typical user-needs/tasks, make their life easy, and working on the computer straightforward and fun".

There should be at least 6 virtual desktops where you can find all you need for a group of tasks directly on each desktop:

Desktop 1 - Internet
The first desktop (the default one) may be filled with groups of icons to launch/install various web browsers, Mozilla Prism and Nickel based on Chromium, several e-mail clients, some chat clients, some IM clients, torrent clients, download managers, etc.

Desktop 2 - Office
The second desktop could present some groups of icons for office-related tasks, like all the OpenOffice.org apps and other useful office apps like kile, scribus, etc.

Desktop 3 - Games
There should be a selection of the best games that could be installed by clicking on the icons shown on this virtual desktop.

Desktop 4 - Multimedia
The program launchers on this desktop for the software that may be used to listen to or convert music, watch/make DVDs, or some other multimedia task.

Desktop 5 - Graphics
Desktop icons for the best software that is included in the default installation or can be installed from the repositories. There should be some software categories related to scanning, post-process, draw, etc.

Desktop 6 - System
All the tools retated to system information, administration, configuration should be available on this desktop.