I'm currently in the process of trialling Gnomebuntu 13.10 in a virtual machine for web development work with a view to potentially ditching Windows 8.1 for development work in the near future. One of the issues I currently have with Gnome 3.8 is that there are no minimise or maximise buttons by default which screws with my productivity. Is there a way of adding these in? I've already tried the gnome-tweak-tool and there is no clear option to enable this functionality. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Add maximise and minimise buttons to Gnome 3.8
gnome3;menu
You were close:From the gnome-tweak-tool, select Shell and look for the option Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar. By default, it's set to Close only, you want to set it to All.If the effects are not immediately apparent, press F2 and enter r into the command box that appears followed by Enter to restart the Gnome Shell for the new settings to take effect.