Are you saying that you wanted a more "Windows looking" environment? I
know that I'm doing some serious nit-picking here, but Gnome can be
altered to look pretty much any way that you want it to look. My goal
was not to make my desktop look more "Windows looking". I just didn't
want my tool bars split between the top and bottom of the screen, but I
have to admit that the end result was a bit "Windows looking".
http://www.geocities.com/clubtender/My-Gnome.jpg