Gnome Flashback Services personalization on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

 Here are the settings and adjustments I made on Gnome Flashback Services (with Metacity) to meet my needs:

Setting up HP Compaq TC4400's native features

Pen features

• Pen, eraser and button are recognized out of the box.
• Pressure sensitivity has to be set specifically for the software you use.
• Gimp setup for pen usage (pressure sensitivity and differentiation between the pen and the eraser:
  Gimp > Edit > Input devices > Serial Wacom Tablet eraser/stylus > set Mode "screen"

Screen rotation

• the code in my nautilus scripts works fine.

On-screen buttons

• Ctrl-alt-del button is recognized out of the box.
•  Jog dial for scrolling: the code in my previously published solution works fine.
• Pen activated buttons: not working. Linked solution have not been tested.
• Fingerprint Sensor: not working. No possible solution have been tested.
• Ambient Light Sensor: not working. No possible solution have been tested.

Setting up everything else

Terminal:

Terminal usage

• works as usual. 
• keyboard shortcut (native) to open: Ctrl+Alt+T

Bash scripts


Desktop:
 
 Workspaces:

• works as usual (although only in Metacity version of Gnome2 Flashback)
• to configure: right click on the workspaces icon in the bottom right corner of the screen > Preferences
• keyboard shortcut (native) to navigate between workspaces: Ctrl+Alt + arrow keys

Menu panel (top and bottom) customization:

• works as usual (except for how to reach the right click menu)
• Alt+ right click to reach the panel menu

Synaptic Package Manager

• install from Software Center
• works as usual

File manager 

Nautilus
Nautilus went through major changes since Lucid Lynx, so let's see what remains of it:

• Nautilus was renamed to "Files"
• Compact View --> removed
• File or folder selection by simply typing --> still exists
• New Document > Empty Document --> still exists
• Menu bar --> removed.
• Menu button --> added. It's a gear wheel icon in the top right corner
• ‘Go’ menu --> removed
• Enter Location... --> added
• F3 split screen --> removed (this is most annoying!)
• Tabs --> still exists.
• ‘tree’ view --> not default for List view, but you can set it in Preferences
• Bookmark menu --> still exists. Only shown if there are items in it. 
• Locations' default bookmarks --> added. Cannot be removed and icon cannot be changed, but name and location can be edited.
• Backspace shortcut to return to parent folder --> still exists.

Nautilus scripts

• Scripts folder was moved from /home/user/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts to /home/user/.local/share/nautilus/scripts
• Right clicking to reach Scripts menu only works when you click on a file or folder.
• Otherwise works as usual.
• A graphical user interface to manage nautilus scripts now exists.

 Nemo
 Nemo is an alternative to "Files" (Nautilus).

• can be installed from Software Center ("Files (nemo)")
• works just like the good old Nautilus, with F3 dual pane and every other feature.

Nemo scripts

• works just like Nautilus scripts.
• scripts folder is /home/user/.gnome2/nemo-scripts

I chose Nemo as my default Ubuntu 14.04 File manager.
To set Nemo to be the default file manager, you have to follow these steps:

1. To make Nemo the default file manager run in terminal:
   

   xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

2. To make Nemo handle the desktop run in terminal:
   

   gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
   gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true
   

3. (Optionally) To remove desktop shortcuts created by Nemo run in terminal:
   

   gsettings set org.nemo.desktop home-icon-visible false; gsettings set org.nemo.desktop trash-icon-visible false; gsettings set org.nemo.desktop computer-icon-visible false; gsettings set org.nemo.desktop volumes-visible false
   

More information on Nemo can be found here and here.