Ubuntu 10.04

by Tony on April 17th, 2010

I’ve installed the beta of Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop.  It runs very nice but does take some extra customizing (besides ditching the superdark theme) with gconf-editor.
Fix the awful Mac-style button layout:

Apps -> Metacity -> General -> button_layout = menu:minimize,maximize,close

Remove the 60sec shutdown warning:

Apps -> Indicator-Session -> supress_logout_shutdown_restart

Show paths in file browser:

Apps -> Nautilus -> General -> always_use_location_entry

Restore Home and Trash icons to desktop:

Apps -> Nautilus -> Desktop -> show_home && show_trash

And for good measure, set the workgroup:

System -> SMB -> workgroup = "MSHOME"

I understand the reasoning, I guess.  I just wish I didn’t have to spend an afternoon on google finding ways to restore the settings I use now.  Maybe a “Classic Ubuntu Desktop” or “Super Awesome Desktop” checkbox somewhere?

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