Thanks to denham2010's excellent tip at this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1515732
I managed to edit Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 panel without switching to Gnome. The file to edit is here: /var/lib/gconf/une.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml Here are my changes which got system monitor in the panel: neva@neva-aone:/var/lib/gconf/une.mandatory$ diff %gconf-tree.xml gconf-tree.xml.original 58,60d57 < <li type="string"> < <stringvalue>applet_7</stringvalue> < </li> 151,164d147 < <dir name="applet_7"> < <entry name="object_type" mtime="1272540841" type="string"> < <stringvalue>bonobo-applet</stringvalue> < </entry> < <entry name="toplevel_id" mtime="1272540841" type="string"> < <stringvalue>top_panel</stringvalue> < </entry> < <entry name="panel_right_stick" mtime="1272540841" type="bool" value="true"/> < <entry name="position" mtime="1272540841" type="int" value="1"/> < <entry name="locked" mtime="1272540841" type="bool" value="true"/> < <entry name="bonobo_iid" mtime="1272540841" type="string"> < <stringvalue>OAFIID:GNOME_MultiLoadApplet</stringvalue> < </entry> < </dir> Screen shot of the new UNR session: http://arcadia.anime.fi/~n/aspireone/UNR/UNR-sysmon-added.png Simple way to start with the terminal: cd /var/lib/gconf/une.mandatory/ sudo cp %gconf-tree.xml gconf-tree.xml.original sudo wget http://arcadia.anime.fi/~n/aspireone/UNR/%25gconf-tree.xml Logout and login. Right click on the new thin line in the top bar, choose preferences and adjust system monitor width to get it to draw correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519583 Title: can't add, move, unlock applets & no clock -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs