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Disable device mount pop-ups

  • thunar-volman-settings
  • xfce4-notifyd-config

Fix /boot filling up

  • Remove old configs in /var/lib/initramfs-tools

  • Remove old kernel image packages and files from /boot

    !/bin/bash

    CURRENT=$(uname -r) VERSIONS_TO_PURGE=$(ls /boot/initrd.img-* | grep -v $CURRENT | sed 's/.*initrd.img-// ; s/-generic//' | sort -V | head -n-1)

    for v in $VERSIONS_TO_PURGE do rm -i /boot/initrd.img-$v* done

    for v in $VERSIONS_TO_PURGE do echo linux-image-$v-* linux-headers-$v linux-headers-$v-generic linux-modules-$v- done | xargs apt-get --assume-yes purge

Gnome Win+P

Disable display switching on "Mod4+P" key combination: 

/app/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr/active

Disable Gnome root window

gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop False

Custom Desktop

~/.local/share/applications/custom.desktop or /usr/share/xsessions/custom.desktop 

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xsession
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession

Conky

.conkyrc 

background no
out_to_console yes
#out_to_x no
update_interval 5.0
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none

TEXT
${color ff0000}CPU ${cpu}% MEM $memperc% | /. ${fs_used_perc /}% /home ${fs_used_perc /home}% | BAT ${battery BAT0} | Vol: ${exec amixer get Speaker | egrep -o "[0-9]+%" | head -1 | egrep -o "[0-9]*"}% | ${time %a %x %H:%M}

Switch shells without Root

Switching from csh to bash. Must be done for interactive shells only otherwise it breaks stuff (like vim reading TMP files, etc)

.cshrc

Exec bash only if using an interactive shell.

if ($?prompt) then
    setenv SHELL /bin/bash
    exec $SHELL
endif

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Disable overlay toolbars

gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

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Resources

http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome

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