To move the menu buttons to the right side. Open gconf-editor
Move Ubuntu desktop window control buttons to the right:
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string "menu:minimize,maximize,close"
Switch back to desktop window control buttons to the left:
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/metacity/general/button_layout" --type string "close,minimize,maximize:"
Ref: http://www.linuxlookup.com/howto/move_ubuntu_window_control_buttons_left_right_side
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