customize gnome desktop for all users?

[Paul Johnson]

If I install Ubuntu on computers in a public laboratory, I'd like to
make some changes to the gnome panel.  I don't want fast user
switching available, I want to add the system monitor, and possibly
remove a couple of the other gnome applets that are running.  I
thought I'd find a config under /etc/skel, but I don't see it.

Is it possible to customize the desktop for new user accounts?

PJ

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Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas