Moving Window Buttons back to the right in Ubuntu 10.04+

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Tags: 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, Gnome, Ubuntu

I have gone and looked this up too many times. So for you and me both here is the long and short of it. The simple command that will move the windows buttons (minimize, maximize, and close) back to the right side, where all proper window buttons should be.

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# move windows back to the right side in Ubuntu 10.04+
$ gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout type string menu:minimize,maximize,close

Update: I have confirmed that this does also work with all Ubuntu distros up through 12.04