How to put the window close button to the right on Ubuntu Lucid

This blog post explains how to put the the window close button to the top right corner of the window on Ubuntu Lucid, instead of the top left corner, where new Ubuntu versions tend to put it by default.

To put the window close button to the top right corner, and to arrange the other buttuns in the classic (2008 or earlier) layout, run the following command in a terminal window (without the leading $ sign):

$ gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout \
  menu:minimize,maximize,close