The most annoying feature of GNOME Ubuntu for me, after the look&feel, is the managers. I use a LAN; I don't want a network manager. I use a desktop; I don't w

The most annoying feature of GNOME Ubuntu for me, after the look&feel, is the managers. I use a LAN; I don't want a network manager. I use a desktop; I don't want a power manager. I have speakers; I don't want a sound manager. If there's a way to hide them, it's not simple. You can't just uninstall them, because they've taken over the duties of actually managing the resources as well, in addition to just showing me information I don't want.