Linux – Maximize window when dragged to top in Mint/Cinnamon

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In Windows 7, when I drag a window to the top of the screen, it maximizes. In Mint, however, it takes only the upper half of the screen. Can I make it maximize instead, line in Windows?

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Open Cinnamon Settings, choose "Window Tiling and Edge Flip" and uncheck the "Maximize, instead of tile, when dragging a window to the top edge" checkbox:

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If you see something like the image below instead, you need to switch to advanced mode:

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Windows – Moving a window that can’t be dragged by the title bar

I've always used Alt-Space in this type of scenario. That will bring up a menu where you can select "Move", then use the arrow keys to move the window around. Press Enter to lock it into position.

Linux Mint – Remember window positions and sizes

Lets do a few things and see how it goes. Compiz is the window manager you have in mate desktop. Follow these steps.

Open Menu and search for 'startup programs'. Open it and create a new start up program with these details.
```
Name: Compiz
Command: compiz --replace --fast-filter
Comment: OpenGL window and compositing manager 
```
Under the startup programs make sure you enable the option that says remember all processes running in next reboot
There is a bug with Linux Mint mate that brings in a second window manager called 'marco' to work along which causes cpu spike. We have to disable it using these instructions.

Install the package 'mateconf-editor' via terminal using this command sudo apt-get install mateconf-editor. After installing type mateconf-editor in terminal. When the editor opens: Go to /desktop/mate/session/required_components/windowmanager and replace "marco" with "compiz".

In the next reboot, if the cpu spike has not come down, we will just move the marco binary which will stop it from starting by default. Just open the terminal again and give this sudo mv -f /usr/bin/marco /usr/bin/marco.bkp

Under menu search for 'Compiz Config Settings Manager' under which you can find all compiz-functions. Make sure you enable 'Window Decoration'. You are free to give all fancy effects there.

Go for a reboot and this should help you.

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