GeowebInfo » gconf-editor http://geowebinfo.com thoughts on GIS, open source, web mapping and technology Fri, 07 May 2010 21:48:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Get a clean desktop on Ubuntu http://geowebinfo.com/2009/05/18/get-a-clean-desktop-on-ubuntu/ http://geowebinfo.com/2009/05/18/get-a-clean-desktop-on-ubuntu/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 00:44:38 +0000 Sriharsha Vankadara http://geowebinfo.com/?p=154 Be it GNOME or KDE, most Linux power users prefer to have their desktops slick and geeky with screenlets, gadgets, docks or conky. But I on the other hand (cannot call myself a power user) like to keep my Ubuntu desktop clean without any visual clutter by preventing nautilus from drawing  icons. It is only then I believe the true beauty of a wallpaper can be relished.

To treat yourself with a clean desktop, bring up the run application dialog with Alt + F2.

Type gconf-editor to invoke the GNOME configuration editor. Navigate to the key /apps/nautilus/preferences and scroll down to the key show_desktop.  Uncheck the box next to the key under the value column.

show desktop

P.S. : Right-clicking on the desktop is disabled with this setting

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