I've recently set up xmonad on Ubuntu 10.04, and I think it's a testament to xmonad's ease of use that after only three days, the biggest problem I'm having is this: I've got some applications that are run at startup, including Skype. Under gnome (or do I mean metacity?) Skype shows up only in the system tray, no window. Under xmonad, Skype runs (if someone calls me a floating window appears), but since it has no window I seem to have no means of interacting with it. Is there some way I can call it up? Or at worst, have it start with an actual window? I'm trying to get a handle on the different "levels" that xmonad can run at: either within gnome, or instead of gnome... is that right? Currently I start out by selecting xmonad as my session at the gdm login page, and the operative file is /usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop, rather than /usr/share/applications/xmonad.desktop. Anyway, any pointers (either purely practical, or more conceptual) would be welcome! Eric