Shift window panel buttons to the right (minimize, maximize, close)

Now for those who are new to ubuntu and will have observed that the close,maximize,minimize buttons are to the left. If you like it, fine. But if you are used to them being on the right, here's what you've to do.

Open the terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal or Ctrl+Alt+T, if you haven't changed the hotkey :P). In the terminal, enter gconf-editor. A new window opens up, "Configuration Editor". Select apps -> metacity -> general. 

In the "Name" column look for "button_layout". The default value set is :close,minimize,maximize. Change the value to minimize,maximize,close:

The colon is very important. The colon is the one which decides the position of the buttons either to the left or to the right. Close the Configuration editor and the terminal.

There you have it! Buttons to the right! :)