Saturday, October 20, 2007

Unmounting volumes & Cairo clock

It annoyed me seeing icons for the mounted volumes 'Dell Utility' and 'Memory' on my desktop. So I looked for a way to rid myself of them. I found it at:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/hide-removable-drive-icons-from-your-ubuntu-desktop/

Disabling the automounting of these volumes is a little more complex. I found some ideas at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=468733&highlight=hide+volumes+desktop
but thus far haven't implemented any of them.

On a different note: I love that Cairo clock. Just search for cairo clock in synaptic then install it. You'll find the launcher under Applications/accessories. To make sure it starts up when you log in, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs, and add 'cairo-clock' in the 'Command' field. (I'd advise entering a name and comment as well.)

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