9 days till school starts - need help with desktop configuration

[John Ellson]

We now have a fc9.x86_64 ltsp server with five x86_64 and two i386 
clients working in the school,
almost ready for the elementary and middle school kids and staff on 
September 4th.

I have some configuration issues that I'm hoping I can get some help with:


Gnome desktop:

    1. How can I modify the default gnome desktop configuration new userids?

       a. to remove unused/broken menu items such as "Lock Screen" and 
"Shutdown"

       b. to add applications on the panel, such as GIMP (which nobody 
looking for "Photoshop" can ever find)

       c. to add items to user's Desktop/  such as a linked folder to a 
shared directory accessible to all students

    2. How can I reset a student's desktop to the default?
       (Does: "rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity" sound 
about right?)

Firefox:

    3. How can I install AdBlock and NoScript system-wide so that all 
users have them automatically?
       (and will this be the same when firefox is run as a localapp?)

Kernel:

    4. How do I administratively disable VT switching in the clients?   
I need VT switching occasionally
    for debugging, but the kids don't.



John