[Ubuntu] Compiz Grid Plugin

1.

Code:

sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev compizconfig-settings-manager build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev git-core

2.

Code:

mkdir ~/compiz

3.

Code:

cd ~/compiz

4.

Code:

git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/compiz/plugins/grid

5.

Code:

cd grid

6.

Code:

make

7.

Code:

make install

7.1 You may need to enable “Normal” or “Extra” under desktop effects in System->Preferences->Appearance first. (You may also need to chown -R user:user ~/compiz in order to get things to compile.)

8.

Code:

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9. Check “grid” under “Window Management”. Note you can actually click on the icon and “grid” to bring up keyboard shortcuts for placing the windows where you want them. Do not expect to have new icons come up at the top of the windows (next to minimize/maximize/close), this won’t happen. However, <ctrl><alt><kp 6> is quicker anyway.

10. Play around with what the different control-alt-numeric keypad combos do to get an idea of how to use this. It’s pretty intuitive.

In Ubuntu 9.04 you have to delete the folder ~/.compiz/ first and log in again

Source : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1148397

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