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Moving Windows Between Multiple Monitors (Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon)

My monitor setup is as described by the diagram above. Previously, using the move-window-to-monitor shortcut(s) (Super+Shift+{arrow direction}) I was able to move a window to whatever monitor was ...
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Is Cinnamon a desktop environment or a window manager? (Or both?)

As far as I understand it: X11 is how you draw primitive things; A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in ...
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Why windows are disappearing in my Fedora 23 cinnamon after being minimized?

I have a Fedora 23 upgraded from version 21. It all works fine. I also have cinnamon desktop environment. When minimizing any windows in the workspace, it totally disappears instead of going into the ...
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Maximize window when dragged to top in Mint/Cinnamon

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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Cinnamon Shortcut to Move Window Between Monitors

I'm currently setting up a new Cinnamon environment, and all my shortcuts are working properly. I managed to find this script online which I've bound to allow me to move windows between monitors: #!/...
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Linux Mint ignores Mouse Click / Focus cannot be transferred to another Window

Why am I apparently losing mouse focus if more than one window is open? I am using Linux Mint 13 64bit (Cinamon). Examples where Chromium apparently locks the focus: I open up Chromium and play ...
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