Getting rid of 'balloons'

[Tom H]

>> hit alt+f2, run gconf-editor

> In 10.04 alt-f2 gets nothing. Alt delay f2 gets a panel to change
> the name of things on the Desktop.

>> , navigate
>> to /apps/panel/global/tooltips_enabled .... uncheck the box ...
>> does that suffice ?

> It doesn't because alt-f2 doesn't work.

The Gnome default is for alt-f2 to bring up the "run application"
dialog box for all current (stable and testing) versions of Ubuntu,
Debian, Fedora, ...

So if alt-f2 is not working for you, you must have changed it...