ubuntu 11-10

[Colin Law]

On 23 October 2011 13:21, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
> I finally installed ubuntu 11-10 as a virtual guest (under Vmware) but,
> contrary to a loat of moaning and screeming about Unity I was pleasantly
> surprised by the user interface as I thought it was much worse!.
> Installation went like a breeze and even network was no problem (wired).
> Even adjusting time and date was easy and simple and I could even enter my
> personal location (Almere, a small town below sea-level).
> OK, the window handles are on the wrong =Apple) side but I assume I can
> change that with Ubuntu Tweak.
> I have but one -small- problem. The real estate taken by the menu-list (on
> the left side of the screen is awfully big. I would like to reduce it to 25
> % (or 30%) and position it on the upper side of the screen. However, I don't
> know how 'flexible' the interface is.

Ubuntu Tweak will let you reduce the size of the launcher buttons if
you are using the 3D version of unity rather than the 2D version, but
I don't know of a way to move the launcher itself.  Does anyone know
of a way to reduce the size in Unity-2d?

> I hope somebody has answers and als if there are other means that Ubuntu
> Tweak to chage the window buttons location.

Why do you need an alternative to Ubuntu Tweak?  It certainly can be
done without using that as it is just changing settings in gconf or
dconf or various settings files, so if you knew what to do it could be
done by hand.  Why not just let Ubuntu Tweak do it for you however?

Colin