pounding ubuntu into working with awesome and some gnome features like panel

make_awesome.sh

#!/bin/sh
# pounding ubuntu into working with awesome and some gnome features like panel
gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager awesome
cd ~
rm -f ~/.xsession ~/.xinitrc
echo '#!/bin/sh' > .xinitrc
echo -e "gnome-settings-daemon &\ngnome-panel &\nnm-applet &\npidgin &\ngnome-volume-manager &\nexec awesome" >> .xinitrc
ln -s .xinitrc .xsession
echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=1.0\nType=Application\nName=Awesome\nComment=The awesome launcher!\nTryExec=awesome\nExec=awesome" > ~/.local/share/applications/awesome.desktop
sudo echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\nName=Xsession\nComment=Xsession for awesome\nExec=/etc/X11/Xsession\nX-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gdm" > /usr/share/xsessions/xsession.desktop