For some reason, I hate maximized windows. I like them to be "nearly maximized". Don't get me started about "Full Screen". Ick. I'm an old-timey Alt-Tab guy so going full screen just mucks it up.

Sometimes in Ubuntu, I drag windows around and they suddenly maximize. This is a feature called "auto-maximize". Here's how to disable it.

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter auto-maximize false

gsettings get org.gnome.mutter auto-maximize
# should be `false`

I can still maximize, though I probably never will, but now it doesn't do it just by dragging it to a certain part of my screen.

BTW, is a "it's not a bug, it's a feature" a Bugture? Feaug?