Getting into -- and out of -- Gnome

I've never been a Gnome user and don't really plan to become one, but I would like to install Gnome -- or enough of Gnome as is necessary -- to try out how Metacity handles current-generation 3d effects. I need a little advice, though:
(1) Can I try Metacity without going whole-hog with Gnome? Or is it part-and-parcel of Gnome?
(2) If I do install Gnome, how complex is it to uninstall everything later? Is pacman -R enough to do the job? I know, of course, that I can simply leave Gnome installed and chose not to use it, but I'll be wanting to get rid of Gnome and everything Gnomish after my trial -- unless I'm just blown away, which is always possible.
I currently have KDE4.1 and Xfce4 installed, and I don't plan to remove them.
Thanks.

Well, I'll say this much for Arch. You can get Gnome up and running in under five minutes, if you have a reasonably fast internet connection (I needed 40+ packages).
As far as the Gnome/Metacity compositing effects go: they're, shall we say, understated by by comparison with KDE4/Kwin and Compiz-Fusion. Nice shadows along window edges, a generally more lush appearance than vanilla Gnome and perhaps than KDE4.1, plus some very basic Alt-Tab window switching with a little transparency. That's all I've discovered thus far.
Either they're aiming at a different target -- i.e., trying to be light on resources while intentionally downplaying the razzamatazz that you can get with Compiz and Kwin -- or they're just behind in their development. Since I have the choice of Compiz and Kwin, I really don't mind if Gnome moves along a different path. But then I don't know a thing about the Gnome roadmap for special desktop effects and haven't yet attempted to find out.

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