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algebralives
June 22nd, 2011, 01:23 AM
I had to finally give up Unity because my little netbook was running so slow. However, I loved the global menu because it freed some valuable screen space.

In classic, I can't figure out how to get the close/max/min/title into the panel/global menu like it is default in Unity. Is there a way?

My screen shot below is the best I've come up with...

Thanks,
A
Frogs Hair
June 22nd, 2011, 01:56 AM
There is a global menu PPA for 10.10 . I think it has not been updated because the global menu is included with Unity . That may be a starting point , I'm not sure if the Unity packages will work with the gnome panel.
algebralives
June 22nd, 2011, 03:13 AM
Yeah, that's what I'm looking for but there's nothing that is updated for 11.04.
algebralives
June 23rd, 2011, 07:49 PM
For anyone who cares or wants to do this, I figured out how to make this work. See the screenshot below for how it looks.

Step One: Add the appmenu and main menu applet. Right-clicking on the panel -> add to panel.

Step Two: Add window buttons applet. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Window+Applets?content=103732
[Note: you might have to log out and log back in before you can add the applet to the panel.]

Step Three: Remove the menu bar when maximized. http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/gain-space-by-removing-maximized.html

Seems to be faster than Unity without giving up to much aesthetically. Cheers.
wildmanne39
June 24th, 2011, 08:56 AM
Hi, thanks for the great guide and your global menu looks good.
chafic2783
October 16th, 2011, 10:21 PM
Thank you. This worked perfectly on 11.04. Much obliged.




For anyone who cares or wants to do this, I figured out how to make this work. See the screenshot below for how it looks.

Step One: Add the appmenu and main menu applet. Right-clicking on the panel -> add to panel.

Step Two: Add window buttons applet. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Window+Applets?content=103732
[Note: you might have to log out and log back in before you can add the applet to the panel.]

Step Three: Remove the menu bar when maximized. http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/gain-space-by-removing-maximized.html

Seems to be faster than Unity without giving up to much aesthetically. Cheers.