Interesting read about the future of Ubuntu

[Boggess Rod]

>On 24/12/2010 06:31, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/12/22/unity_ubuntu_the_future/
>>>
>>> Killing off X11?? :) Ric
>>>
>> I was just beginning to really like Ubuntu.  This paradigm shift is
>worrisome.
>>
>> Maybe Mint will taste better,
>
>Mint is simply a modification of Ubuntu (whichever is the latest
>release). Uses the same Canonical repos and all. At least this was the
>case when I tried (?)Mint 9.
>
>Ultimate Edition is also a mod of Ubuntu.
>
>>   or maybe I'll just stick with Maverick
>> until it goes EOL and I can look around again then....
>>
>> Anyone for CentOS 6?  :-)
>
>I've installed openSUSE 11.3 with the gnome desktop but their mangling
>of the gnome de - compared to Ubuntu - is pathetic. As it seems that
>they are going with Gnome 3 then I sincerely hope that they will get it
>looking like something which is put together by somebody who actually
>has the end-user in mind.
>
>BC
>
>--
>"Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die."
>

Not sure you know this, but you can run gconf-editor, go to
apps>metacity>general, and on the right side, look for the item called
button_layout. There you can switch the buttons around a bit. I like to
put at least a spacer between the min/max buttons and the close button.
I don't do it often, but I have accidentally closed windows before.