1. browser, xmms, quick terminal tasks
2. ssh terminal, ftp, compiling programs, etc.
3. graphics, gimp, html stuff
4. giFT, other browsers if i need them
alt+F term: kernel compiling, lynxing (to coin a new term), nethack
i love the multiple desktop, a major improvement over windows' single desktop design.
-> p.s., this isn't strictly a mandrake question, so heads up that a mod will probably move it.