To rotate your monitor you'll need to add the following line to /boot/config.txt using the following command sudo nano /boot/config.txt
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display_rotate=1
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You can also set this value to '3' to have a flipped vertical orientation.
Disable screensaver and remove panel
Edit the /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart file with nano /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart.
Reccomended To disable the screensaver you'll want to comment out (with a '#') the @xscreensaver. You'll also want to add the following lines to that same file
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@xset s off
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@xset -dpms
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@xset s noblank
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Optional To remove the panel at the top of the screen to comment out the @lxpanel lines. If you want to be able to easily access the "menu" at the top of the screen do not do this step.
Hide the mouse when inactive
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sudo apt-get install unclutter
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Then Add unclutter -idle 0.1 -root to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart with sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart