1. Disable device mount pop-ups

thunar-volman-settings
xfce4-notifyd-config

2. 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

3. Gnome Win+P

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

/app/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/xrandr/active

4. Disable Gnome root window

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

5. Custom Desktop

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

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

6. 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}

7. 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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8. Disable overlay toolbars

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