Shift Nautilus Back And Forward Buttons To Left In Ubuntu

Addictivetips.com have posted a nice tweak on moving the back/forward button on the newest versions of nautilus delivered in Ubuntu.

to help you understand - here are the before and after screens:

To get started, enable the “Source code” repository by pressing the Super (Windows) key and typing “Source”. Now, open “Software Sources”, check the box before “Source code” and click close. Once done, enter the following commands in Terminal:

mkdir ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod

cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod

sudo apt-get update

apt-get source nautilus

sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus

cd ~/Desktop/nautilus-mod/nautilus-3*

gedit src/nautilus-toolbar.c

Scroll down to line 132, or do a “find” for “gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (self->priv->toolbar), item, 0)“, and change the value “0″ to a “2″. This means that you will have to change the original line

GO to addictive tips for the full article. 

Ubuntu Gnome Remix - Now you can forget about Unity for now...

Over @ Justinstories, there a piece on a new Ubuntu Project (Ubuntu Gnome Remix) which will focus on builds of Ubuntu for user wishing to stick with pure Gnome environment (and still retain the benefits of Ubuntu).
From the article:

Rejoice people as a new ubuntu remix has been started. The project plans to release future versions of ubuntu with vanilla gnome instead of unity. The project is in its very early incubation period. The repository is currently being setup to hold the packages. The current plans include to release a cd .iso on the same date of the ‘controversial’ natty release. This version will include gnome 3.0 instead of gnome 2.32. The fallback mode may be available at a later date.

The project already have a launchpad page and a website setup. Find details on their respective pages and if you are interested and if you can please join the team and lend a helping hand.

PS: The website says the project is being remixed by the team at teampr0xy and surprise! surprise!, the project is not approved or sponsored by ubuntu, canonical or gnome in anyway.



The roadmap
"Supernatural" 0.0.X alpha proof-of-concept release family:


Initial demonstration, with only the minimum parts to make things somewhat work. Scope will only include a main metapackage and gnome-session, and all other parts will be direct from the GNOME3 ppa. Not intended for production machines.

"Supernatural" 0.0.1 first release 4/9/2011
"Cosmic" 0.0.2 bugfix release 4/12/2011

"Raise Your Weapon" 0.1.X Beta release family:

More practical, usable, stable, and complete system. Available both as a cd .iso and upgrade metapackage.

"Raise Your Weapon" 0.1.0 beta 4/20/2011
"Watch it Burn" 0.1.1 bugfix 4/23/2011

"Made of Awesome" 1.0.X Natty full release:

Will include full, stable versions of both GNOME classic and 3. Will include custom branding.

"Made of Awesome" 1.0.0 full 4/28/2011
bugfix 1.0.1 5/01/2011
And more to come...