On 25/11/2014 19:03, Gevisz wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:45:50 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 25/11/2014 09:15, Gevisz wrote: >>>> I even can agree with them that a new place of that button was >>>>> logical, ergonomic and saved screen space. >>> Only now, I have realized that, logically, it was possible >>> to rearrange all the elements of Unity in such a way that >>> it was logical, ergonomic, saved space, and moreover kept >>> the window frame close button at its usual place, but >>> it was not possible with the Unity configuration anyway. >> >> This is incorrect. >> >> Unity has always been able to reposition the window control >> buttons, right from the first release. > > I still have Ubuntu 12.04 (with Unity) on one of my partitions > (but never use it for more that 5 minutes from the startup to > shutdown, anyway :). > > So, I can check if your statement is true. Just tell me > how to reposition the window control buttons in Unity.
I have no idea dude. That was 2 1/2 years ago and I'm a Gentoo user so have zero interest in Ubuntu's Unity. Google knows the answer, you just have to ask the right questions. I did it then on a netbook that long since moved over to Mint then Bodhi and Google showed me the way. I don't know the answer to your question. > > I promise to report the result of this test here. > > Back in 2012, after trying to find how to do it, I looked into > Ubuntu forum and found out that many users complained about it > and always got the answer that it is impossible and that Ubuntu > developers know better what the users need than the users itself. > > But even if you prove to be right (which I very much doubt), > for me it turned out easier to find out how to install and > maintain Gentoo (with gnome2, dwm and xfce4) than to find > out how to reposition the window control buttons in Unity. > > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
