With OS/2, you can change currency, separator, and other miscellaneous country-based settings. You can also change all of them based on presets.

In addition to being able to drag, you can right-click (or left-click, depending on your preferences) and select Delete object(s), which pops up this window.
Remember that this is completely permanent.

The mouse settings are completely customizable as well, as shown.

OS/2 also includes a tutorial to familiarizing users with the Workplace Shell.

Here are a couple of the productivity apps, including a sticky notepad, a tune editor, and a planner.