Real talk, scrolling tiling window managers are dope. I'm six months in using #PaperWM and I can't imagine going back to a non-scrolling window manager.
Even if you dislike #GNOME I think conceptually it's such good way keep your focus on the keyboard and away from fidgeting with window layout.
All the keybinds I needed to feel more productive: focus window left, focus window right, workspace up, workspace down, toggle window size, collect window.
I've been using #PaperWM for about a month and it has been a huge boost to my workflow. I've always wanted to like tiling window managers but have found it hard to adopt one. The scrollable nature of PaperWM makes working with a terminal, browser, and IDE at once actually manageable for my attention span.
4/ #MaterialShell was the closest second to #PaperWM for me. Some decent ideas there. Still, I usually want my tall pane on the right and it is just not an option with Material Shell. I also dislike that it forces the Gnome top bar to the left, though I can live with that.
2/ So far #PaperWM is my best fit. It's pretty nice, supports quartering. A little too much manual fiddling of windows for my tastes but it gets the job done. Main gripe: incompatible with focus-follows-mouse. Keyboard focus change works though.
What are people using for #tiling under #Wayland? Of course there's #Sway, but I prefer to run under a DE (as I have done with #xmonad and #XFCE for years). #Gnome seems to be the only stable DE on Wayland. Tried #PaperWM, #PopShell, #MaterialShell, #TidalWM. None are a great replacement for xmonad but some come close. (feedback so far to follow)
#TidalWM #materialshell #popshell #paperwm #GNOME #XFCE #xmonad #sway #Wayland #tiling