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My new laptop has a big 16:9 screen, and I'm finding it hard to fully utilize it during the 95% of the time that I'm not watching HD movies on it.
I'd like to set it up as a kind of virtual dual screen by splitting the physical screen into two workspaces. I know I could arrange my windows manually, but I'd like to be able to maximize a window and have it only consume half the monitor, and have its pop up dialogs centered on its half-screen, that sort of thing.
Is there some kind of plug in available to do this?
If you're using compiz you may find the grid plugin more straightforward, see my answer below. – kynan – 2012-05-05T13:03:11.507