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When I'm in Linux (which is pretty much all the time I'm using a computer away from work, and some of the time at work), I run related apps in the same workspace. If I need to switch to another task, then I switch to the workspace where I have those apps running. I don't minimize and maximize windows very much at all.

I've never used Gnome much, though. I've only used KDE a little more. The environments I've used have been mostly Xfce, Fluxbox, IceWM, Openbox, or Enlightenment.