By default in Ubuntu (and I know of no way to change this) the global menu bar in Unity is just an empty gray slate until you hover over it and &quot;File&quot;, &quot;Edit&quot;, &quot;View&quot;, etc. appear. This means you have no idea where your mouse should be going until you&#x27;ve reached the top of the screen and have to move left&#x2F;right until you get to the desired menu.