With Windows 7 came Aero Snap: "Clicking and dragging a window to the right or left side of the desktop causes the window to fill the respective half of the screen. Snapping a window to the top of the desktop maximizes it. Resizing a window to touch the top or bottom edge of the screen maximizes the window to full height, whilst retaining its width; these windows will then slide horizontally if moved by the title bar, or can be pulled off, which returns the window to its original height."

I've gotten used to this behavior; it's nice to be able to easily split the screen in half, even if it's not flexible enough to allow for deeper customization.

What is the closest equivalent in Linux? Specifically, since I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, what can I do to bring this sort of behavior into Linux?


Ricket