for desperate Unity testers: you can remove gnome-panel altogether from your running session by using the solution from this thread: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/gnome-panel-entfernen/ it is in german, so here the distilled info:
CAUTION - THIS CAN BREAK STUFF # sudo chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-panel # killall gnome-panel to revert this back to normal: # sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/gnome-panel -- can't add, move, unlock applets & no clock https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519583 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
