Fixing Ubuntu 12.04’s UI

At home, I run Ubuntu 12.04. I didn’t like the Unity desktop, so I switched back to Gnome. I found there are still a lot of things that had changed for the worse. Here are some of them and how to get rid of them.

Window Picker

The binding of <Shift><Alt>Up to the Unity Window Picker breaks column selection in geany, my preferred text editor. To get rid of it:

1. Run:

   sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

2. Open Applications/System Tools/Preferences/CompizConfig Settings Manager
3. Click the Scale button under Window Management
4. Click the Bindings tab
5. Click on the button marked <Shift><Alt>Up
6. Change it to <Alt><Super>Up