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Most of the things here are done by through gconftool

How to remove the tool bars

To remove the tool bars, or panels as gnome refers them, we need to hide them from desktop, reduce the size to "0", and keep hidden for a long time.

# Top panel
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/auto_hide true
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/auto_hide_size 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/size 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/hide_delay 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/unhide_delay 1000000000

#Bottom panel
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/auto_hide true
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/auto_hide_size 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/size 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/hide_delay 0
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/unhide_delay 1000000000

How to remove desktop icons

To remove the icons one by one, choose the desired icons set to false

# Icons
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/computer_icon_visible false
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible false
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/trash_icon_visible false

There is a single option to hide, not remove, all the icons, but you should note that all the icons will disappear from desktop, even the icons created by the user. To do this run the following command.

gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false

How to se the number of workspaces

To limit the number of workspaces available, change the ending number for the desired

# Workspace
gconftool-2 --type integer -s /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 1

How to disable the screen saver

The following commands avoid the startup of the screen saver and do not allow to lock the screen.

# Avoid Lock screen
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/panel/global/disable_lock_screen true
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled false
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled false

How to disable the command line for the end user

To avoid the user send commands to a terminal.

# Avoid use of command line
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_command_line false

How to change the click behaviour of the mouse

To start applications with a single click.

# Single click
gconftool-2 --type string -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/click_policy "single"

How to enable VNC

Remote desktop of the current session is possible using vino, the following commands will allow a remote user to connect using password.

# Enable remote desktop with vino
gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/remote_access/authentication_methods --type list --list-type string "[vnc]"
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /desktop/gnome/remote_access/require_encryption false
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /desktop/gnome/remote_access/prompt_enabled false
gconftool-2 --type boolean -s /desktop/gnome/remote_access/view_only false
gconftool-2 --type string -s /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password "djBsNG50Mw=="

How to setup keys binding

To start applications with a key combination, we need to setup a key binding on gnome. the following commands will setup [CTL+T] to open a terminal on current screen.

gconftool-2 --type string -s /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 "<Control>t"
gconftool-2 --type string -s /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 "/usr/bin/gnome-terminal"

How to keep aligned icons pragmatically on Nautilus

The icon position on Gnome is stored in ~/.nautilus/metafiles/file:/%2F%2F%2Fhome%2f_%2FDesktop.xml file. The items could be positioned in x,y position, and obsoletes could be removed safely.