One thing I want to do for a long time is remove mounted partition icons that default show on my ubuntu desktop. Nothing wrong with those icons, it's just too many icons and some I never go to browse into it. Now what to do. Open gconf-editor by hit [Alt+F2] and type gconf-editor. Go to apps->nautilus->desktop then check out "volume_visible".

You can also customize others as you want like adding computer and trash icon to your desktop.

You can also customize others as you want like adding computer and trash icon to your desktop.
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I wouldn't know the terminal way cuz im still a noob :)
hope that helped