How to add minimize and maximize buttons in Gnome 3

In a recent post I had shown the steps to add the Power off option in the menu, which is absent by default, in Gnome 3. In this post we'll see another feature which most of us would love to have in our Gnome environment, especially guys coming from PC world. The minimize and maximize buttons.

In order to do that follow the specified below :

1. Open run box by pressing ALT+F2. Type dconf-editor in it and hit enter(Alternatively you can open   your terminal and type there).
   * If you don't have dconf install on your machine, you can install it using this command -
      apache@hadoop:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

2. This will open the dconf-editor and you will see something like this on your screen -

Now, go to org->gnome->shell->overrides and click there. It will open the editor in the right pane. Here click on the value against button-layout. By default it'll show only close there.

Add minimize and maximize option here and you are done.

Let me know if you face any issue. Thank you.

How to add shutdown option in the Gnome 3 menu

While I am just in love with Gnome 3, one thing which I don't like about it is the absence of shutdown or power off option. But, the good news it that it can be added very easily. All you have to do is follow these three simple steps :

1. Add the repository -
    apache@hadoop:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/gnome3

2. Update it -
    apache@hadoop:~$ sudo apt-get update

3. Install the Gnome extensions -
    apache@hadoop:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions

Now restart your machine and you are good to go.

NOTE : This is procedure if you are working on Ubuntu. You might have to use a different procedure to add the repository and do the installation depending on your OS.

Thank you.