Mint didn’t quite work out

So much for my grand plans of switching to Mint (again). I actually went ahead and installed Linux Mint 12, and it almost suited my needs. The only problem? The menu. I remember liking the classic Gnome 2.2 menu a lot more than the one in Unity, however after switching back I soon discovered that it’s hard to find where the programs you install show up. Will they be in the system tools menu, the applications menu, or the others menu? W/ Unity and Gnome Shell, you just hit the window key and type in what program you want, which is actually more intuitive than having to remember where it is.

So now I’ve gone ahead and switched back to Unity, and though I’m feeling a bit defeated, there is a plus side: I got the notifications working properly again w/ a dual monitor set-up! Here’s how:

1. Install dconf-editor:
   sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
2. Hit Alt+F2 and type “dconf-editor,” and then hit enter
3. Navigate to Apps -> notify-osd
4. Double-click on the value for multihead-mode, and then change it to “focus-follow”

And that’s it! Now the notifications will appear on the same monitor as your mouse, just like they should.