As you can tell I am a noob at Linux. I tried using Knoppix and Suse but really did not enjoy the experience. I wanted to try again this time using ubuntu. So I loaded on an old PIII 400/512 MB Laptop ...
On Gnome (a linux desktop environment) I can move/resize a window (even if it's not active) by holding the meta/command key and using the left mouse button to move, or the middle mouse button to ...