A coworker just got a new box and tried a fresh Ubuntu 11.10 install (the rest of us have stayed safely with 10.04). He found this link and after looking through it I definitely wanted to save it for later if I need it:
Things to Tweak After Installing Ubuntu 11.10
A whole list of commands to get rid of global menus, modify all kinda of Unity WM behavior and Gnome 3 behavior (like get screensavers back) and even how to install Gnome Shell on Ubuntu and tweak that. Looks like a great collection for anyone underwhelmed by Ubuntu 11.10′s default offerings.
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November 25th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Here’s another one, for those interested:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5