Ubuntu: How to disable automount-open usb media

Ubuntu is a great Operating System to work on, though it is relatively new compared some of the other distributions like Debian, Mandriva. There is an annoying feature(atleast I feel) in Ubuntu in which- newly connected usb drive is auto-mounted and poped up. So here is a tip to disable that feature,

Press Alt + F2 and type gconf-editor (or) type in gconf-editor in the command line

Navigate theought / –> apps –> nautilus —> preferences —> uncheck media_automount_open.

So thats it. Happy ubuntuing

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