Things to do After Installing Linux Mint 15

 
Edit the Mint Menu

• Change menu icon
• Resize icons
• Set to always start in "Favourites" pane (under "Options")

Run  Updates

Configure Firefox

• Change start page
• Remove bookmarks and Menu toolbars
• Install  "Add to Search Bar" Firefox add-on
• After restarting Firefox add your favourite Search Engine to Search Bar

Set Bottom Panel Fully Transparent

1. Click Menu and select Terminal.
2. Enter sudo cp -R /usr/share/themes/Mint-X ~/.themes/
3. Enter sudo pluma ~/.themes/Mint-X/gtk-2.0/Apps/panel.rc to open the file with the default text editor.
4. Search for two instances of "Panel/panelbg.png"
5. Comment out the two lines by placing a # at the beginning of the lines, for example: #   bg_pixma [NORMAL] = ...
6. Save the file.
7. Log out and log back in to the system.

Configure Terminal

• Set colours to black background with yellow text
• Set background to 80% transparent

Enable Compositing Manager

• Open "Control Center" | "Desktop Settings"
• Ensure "Use Compositing" is ticked under "Windows".

Set XScreensaver as Default Screen Saver

• Uninstall default Mate screensaver: sudo apt-get remove mate-screensaver
• Install XScreensaver: sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod electricsheep 
• Change the properties of the Screensaver item under "Startup Aplications" in "Control Centre" so that it reads: xscreensaver -no-splash

Optional:
Install Teamviewer