From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547BA1389E2 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:56:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E9C0E087B; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f47.google.com (mail-wg0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B93E8E0838 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n12so1855627wgh.6 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:56:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YXK6BFbiT3A81dQc42ijyRlIFxuZxjbYn5lL9x1hMZo=; b=d0VV5RJ6lGM3ab/dgG6ULFJRDZe+Rog/bnQFokfFq8zxsx3//8hXTYHN/qkYcxST9k PS7oKSJ1ncWRC0FSdzRWONNdyZEXex4FIpIQ1IFm0W8cbzdl0hLhRUapWt4o4sGirjSM b1MFE5xmLUNVX7mYobxv/ddGnWEYQ13gXyn/eiK1hAio9gy3M42btPBc7VbDPaEVeCPW 6dG6wo2zwCZwzTSK3lI/t3PScvGefr7FlGUSdB9EbVnskWGYZmvo8qGu7ZBZ9nSIunCO 9COKHRgLLPFvPtyItiQpW+9b0qJe8GLxqww08uIpqPDed6ROx4cXeGTb3kiZc00sb3+X //UA== X-Received: by 10.180.96.42 with SMTP id dp10mr25541996wib.38.1416945389517; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:56:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-217-13.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.217.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ef6sm3992092wic.1.2014.11.25.11.56.28 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:56:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5474DED5.60300@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:56:05 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now References: <546EE70C.2050506@yourstruly.sx> <20141121173600.GA1029@ca.inter.net> <547370D2.50009@marc-stuermer.de> <54737886.a3a7700a.6f81.4209@mx.google.com> <20141124210516.53a54a90@digimed.co.uk> <54742d25.a576c20a.4d91.2ae4@mx.google.com> <54744FCE.8090800@gmail.com> <5474b6e6.0225980a.1358.1d24@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <5474b6e6.0225980a.1358.1d24@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f97fc56b-9c3c-4a12-991b-edd8bdd68c09 X-Archives-Hash: 2c17be72f49eb3ec289919c6b0498f3b On 25/11/2014 19:03, Gevisz wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:45:50 +0200 Alan McKinnon 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.mckinnon@gmail.com