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Elementary OS Specific

Bring back minimize and maximize buttons

gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.appearance button-layout 'appmenu:minimize,maximize,close'

Set global dark theme (not gsettings)

To set the global dark theme from the command line, first navigate to a Terminal of your choice and then from within the shell emulator ...

Navigate to your home directory:

cd ~

Create a new file called settings.ini inside of the GTK 3 directory:

nano ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

Enter the following fields into the configuration file:

[Settings]
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1

Write the changes to disk by pressing control + x, then press y, then enter.

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