this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

Ubuntu Desktop survival guide 

Bringing Unity back up and running 

Restore Nautilus as default desktop file manager for Unity, 

apt install --reinstall nautilus 

rm -rf ~/.config/nautilus/ 

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true 

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search 

Ref. http://www.webupd8.org/2013/10/install-nemo-with-unity-patches-and.html 

Enable traditional right click to resize a window, 

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager 

ccsm 

Window Management and Resize Window. 

Initiate Window Resize assign <Alt>Button3. 

Ref. http://askubuntu.com/questions/231195/how-to-enable-altright-click-to-resize-window