Never mind my previous question, I found the answer myself. I managed to edit the Human theme metacity-1.xml and set left_width="0" for maximized windows. This makes a maximized window take up all available screen width, which is what is expected. I have (so far) not experienced the 'compiz bug'.
-- Maximized windows placed incorrectly (metacity and compiz) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs