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Dustin
Asked: 2013-09-21 11:40:51 +0800 CST

Change default guest session launcher applications?

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Is it possible to change the default applications that appear on the Launcher for guest sessions?

For example:

  • Remove : Amazon webapp, Ubuntu One, System Options
  • Add : Stellarium

(Ubuntu 12.04 and newer).

Thank you for your time and answers.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Create the folder /etc/guest-session/ if it doesn't exist

    sudo mkdir /etc/guest-session/

    Then open file /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh

    sudo nano /etc/guest-session/prefs.sh

    and add the following content

    FILE="$HOME/.config/autostart/configure-launcher.desktop"

cat << EOF > "$FILE"
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Configure launcher items
Type=Application
Exec=gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['application://firefox.desktop', 'application://nautilus.desktop', 'application://stellarium.desktop']"
EOF

chown -R "$USER:$USER" "$FILE"

    Change the application://... items to whatever you want to appear in the Launcher.

    This creates a autostart command for the guest session that changes the launcher item.

    You can get the current launcher items using

    gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites
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