Speaking as someone who only switched to Mint+Cinnamon, after sticking with Lubuntu for quite some time...
I wonder if there is a way of enhancing the existing (Ctrl+Win+arrow key) functionality, so that it cycles through a greater range of possible size/position combinations... Something not unlike this:
http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Grid
and/or this
https://code.google.com/p/pywo/


