[K12OSN] Customising Applications menu in K12LTSP 4.2.0

[Brian Chivers]

Debbie Schiel wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> This is a bit of a sore point when it comes to gnome menus - I haven't
> yet found an easy way to edit them, despite loads of howtoz... do a
> google search for 'k12osn editing gnome menus', and check out the
> wikki -
>
http://www.k12ltsp.org/phpwiki/index.php/Adding%20Menu%20Entries%20in%20FC2
>
> The easiest way for me though was to ditch gnome and switch to iceWM -
> it loads faster (especially on thin clients) and the menu is dead easy
> to edit, even for a newbie like me... see post titled 'making menu
> icons bigger in IceWM'
>
> Best regards,
>
> Debbie
>
> Brian Chivers wrote:
>> First let me introduce myself
>>
>> I'm Brian Chivers, I work at Portsmouth College as a ICT Support
>> Officer. I have recently downloaded and install the k12LTSP and I'm
>> really impressed with the easy of install, that the intro out the
>> way *grin*
>>
>> I have a thin client connecting via PXE booting but I'd like to know
>> how to remove things from the Applications menu's, it's things like
>> the systems tools etc, I realise that users can't access them with
>> the correct privilages but if it's not there they won't try.
>>
>> I have tried right clicking on them, shift click but the "Remove
>> this item" is always greyed out.
>>
>> Can some point me in the right direction, I think I'm google'd out.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brian
>>
>>
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I think I've made a bit of a break through with this.

If you move the files from /usr/share/applications to somewhere safe (I've
stored them in a dir in /root) and then do a /usr/sbin/gdm-safe-restart they
vanish from the menu.

It's not brilliant but it's a start !! I wish there was a nice graphical way
of doing this

Brian


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    The views expressed here are my own and not necessarily 
                the views of Portsmouth College