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Disable grouping of alt-tab behavior in Ubuntu 12.04 through the commandline. No need for installing and clicking through any tools. This can also be automated for mass deployment
gconftool-2 --set --type list --list-type=string /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins '[core,composite,opengl,decor,resize,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,snap,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,mousepoll,gnomecompat,place,regex,animation,move,staticswitcher,session,unityshell,workarounds]'
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/switcher/screen0/options/prev_all_key --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/switcher/screen0/options/next_all_key --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/switcher/screen0/options/prev_key --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/switcher/screen0/options/next_key --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/alt_tab_prev --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/alt_tab_forward --type string "Disabled"
gconftool-2 --set --type list --list-type=string /apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins '[core,composite,opengl,decor,resize,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,snap,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,mousepoll,gnomecompat,place,regex,animation,move,staticswitcher,session,unityshell,workarounds,scale,spread]'
gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/scale/screen0/options/initiate_edge 'TopLeft'
gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/backlight_mode 1
gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/icon_size 38
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true
sudo apt-get install synaptic lm-sensors cpufrequtils openssh-server ppa-purge vim-gnome maven2 filezilla python-dev libzmq-dev
sudo apt-get remove zeitgeist zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub python-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist geoclue geoclue-ubuntu-geoip geoip-database whoopsie ubuntuone-client* python-ubuntuone-storage* ubuntuone-installer* menu apt-xapian-index oneconf
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/mint
sudo apt-get install nemo
aptitude -F %p search '~c' | xargs sudo dpkg -P
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It is not working. Additionally it has ruined my Unity and I ended up reverting all those steps and resetting Unity. Please revise this or just remove it.

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