The ubuntu desktop features icons of all the mounted drives and removable media, while this is a great feature it becomes an eyesore when you have lots of partitions or if you have several removable devices plugged int your computer. The desktop begins to get cluttered and begins to look unsightly, as a work around you can disable the mount icons. Here is how you do it
1. open terminal and type in “gconf-editor” and hit enter.
2. on the screen that pops up, look for a key called “apps” (this will be the first item on the left). Click on this item to expand it.
3. look for a key called “nautilus”, click on “nautilus” to expand it. click on the key called “desktop”.
4. on the right hand side of this window look for an entry called volumes_visible, uncheck this item and you are done.
Here is a screen shot of what the above procedure looks like
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