Ubuntu Button Layout

For those used to Windows placement of the minimize, maximize and close buttons of a window, Ubuntu might prove a bit annoying to get used to, as it recently moved those to the opposite side.

It is, however, quite easy to move them to a more familiar position.

Press Alt+F2, type gconf-editor and hit Enter, expand Apps, metacity and general, and find the button_layout setting. Click its value and type the following to get to Windows placement:

menu:minimize,maximize,close

Update April 11th 2012:

In Ubuntu 11.10, to perform the same trick it's possible to copy and paste the following line into a terminal window:

gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout "menu:minimixe,maximize,close"