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Yeah, that's how I have it set up in Linux.
There's probably some software that can accomplish this although I've never used anything like this. You might want to check out Stardock... they make lots of Windows UI enhancement products.
It has so many things to edit how windows work. The one you want is on the Window Management tab, as a sub-option for "Enable Screen Edge Window Resizing". I have two problems with it.
Because it's a sub option, you have to enable the parent option for it to work which changes the way the preview looks when snapping windows and I like the default better. Second problem is that the region to minimize when dragging is too large for my liking. It's like the bottom 40% of the screen. I would prefer if it was more like 25% for the minimize to activate.
Also, this is paid software, $10, but has a 30 day full trial. It also has a lot of other features in it such as momentum dragging (super fun to do) and all kinds of other springy motions when dragging windows. I turn most of it off because I find it distracting now but it was very fun when I first got it. Currently I only use the program for the momentum dragging, ability to automatically scale window to screen width or height (or both) by double clicking the window borders, and double clicking on the desktop shows/hides icons (I keep my applications in windowed mode to see my pretty desktop which I like free of clutter, but I like having icons when I need them). Give it a try!
EDIT: Also I remembered a bug that sometimes happens with it. If you have the double-click to show/hide desktop option enabled then sometimes when changing your wallpaper the desktop will turn completely black. Way to fix this is just to double click the desktop and it'll fix itself. There are a few other rare bugs, easiest way to fix them is to just restart the options (there's an on-off slider in the WindowFX manager which can be opened from the system tray)
Well, sort of. There's this third-party program, but it's paid and only has a thirty-day trial for free. Ugh, thirty-day trial.
Also, no clue whether it actually alters the compositor behaviour, or whether it just draws over the top and pretends to (and thus adding a hell of a lot of performance overhead).