Ubuntu seems to be building up a pillar of their own custom software. I was disappointed when they removed the option to change the GDM greeter a few years ago. Since then they seem to be obsessed with cohesion by removing options and doing half-ass jobs on building interfaces. (Have you noticed that when you right the indicator applet panel, the gradient is duplicated all the way down the menu?)
Unity is an excellent example of this; sure the desktop needed an overhaul, but don't push untested beta version software to users that has essentially no built-in way to change its options. And let's not even start with the problems it gives me on with my Nvidia!
But talk is cheap, so I'll show you the code. Three lines and a few config options should fix things up:
sudo apt-get purge ubuntuone*
sudo apt-get remove indicator-me indicator-messages
sudo apt-get purge zeitgeist*
Those three lines remove the ubuntuone client (do you use it? is it worth the program running in the background and trying to phone home?) Removes the indicator applet (that thing with the mail button, and your social media accounts), and removes zeitgeist (who uses it, really?)
Next: edit your "Startup Applications", what is this, Windows? Few people want VNC to be started when their computer does, if they do, they'll enable it manually.
With all this hate out, I'll say that my next computer system will either be Elementary OS (cohesive, yet follows UNIX design) or Windows 8.
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