Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

[Alan McKinnon]

On 25/11/2014 19:03, Gevisz wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:45:50 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.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.
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Alan McKinnon
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