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 3122E1389E2 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7DA3FE087B; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63648E0837 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3796B34028A for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.034 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.034 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.524, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Gc-AlQixgxU5 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4F383404E2 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:03:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XtOCO-0001Ld-Nk for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:03:04 +0100 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:03:04 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:03:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: 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> <54740bae.c12a980a.75de.01e4@mx.google.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 6b30a60d-b775-432b-aadc-c8eea1a8c5db X-Archives-Hash: 6c55fc824fe90ba23c28b91274b049c7 On 2014-11-25, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> >> No. It is not possible in Unity or, at least, it was not possible >> in Unity at the time when Ubuntu 12.04 was released. They really >> *forced* their users to accept the new place of the closing window >> frame button and have argued that it is more ergonomic. >> >> There was not any possibility to change the place of the closing >> window frame button in Unity via configuration options. Quite a >> lot of Ubuntu users complained about it yet in Ubuntu 10.04, >> where the new place of that button was a new default though >> it was possible to change it back via configuration options. >> In Unity, it was absolutely impossible. > > Try Lubuntu, with LXDE. Or Xubuntu with XFCE. I prefer Gentoo over Ubuntu for a host of other reasons, but switching from Ubuntu to Gentoo just to get a different desktop seems like overkill. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Psychoanalysis?? at I thought this was a nude gmail.com rap session!!!