Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)

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Disable off-line updating

Edit /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf and change the WritePreparedUpdates key to false.

Also remove gnome-packagekit to stop automatic software updates.

Always show 'Log Out' option in status menu

   $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell always-show-log-out true

Disable raise on click

Now set in dconf; org->gnome->desktop->wm->preferences

   $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences raise-on-click false

focus-change-on-pointer-rest

To disable this you need both of

   $ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter focus-change-on-pointer-rest false
   $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.overrides focus-change-on-pointer-rest false

Kernel printk timings with a vengeance

dmesg will now happily display kernel printk timings whether you have them enabled or not.

   alias dmesg='dmesg -t'

will happily resolve the issue.