{"id":353,"date":"2010-04-12T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.robinward.com\/?p=353"},"modified":"2013-08-15T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T14:18:04","slug":"changing-window-control-layout-in-ubuntu-10-04-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinward.com\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"Changing window control layout in Ubuntu 10.04 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some changes in Ubuntu are really annoying. Switching from esd to pulseaudio was definitely my favorite for 2009.<\/p>\n

The window control button change currently running in the 10.04 beta is a canidate for this award in 2010.<\/p>\n

Here is a quick and dirty fix in order to allign your controls to the right side of the window using the gconf-editor (note to Windows Users: this is almost as using the Registry Editor):<\/p>\n

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  1. launch gconf-editor from a console<\/li>\n
  2. switch the directory tree to apps<\/strong> –> metacity<\/strong> –> general<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. find the key named button_layout<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. change the value to menu:maximize,minimize,close,<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. take a deep breath \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Some changes in Ubuntu are really annoying. Switching from esd to pulseaudio was definitely my favorite for 2009. The window control button change currently running in the 10.04 beta is a canidate for this award in 2010. Here is a quick and dirty fix in order to allign your controls to the right side of … <\/p>\n

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