I just got a Dell Ubuntu laptop for work and initially installed i3wm. Unfortunately, it's almost unusable straight out of the box—my laptop doesn't go to sleep when I close the lid, there's screen tearing when I scroll, and a bunch of other issues. Since this is a work laptop, I'm trying to decide whether to switch to GNOME or look for a more stable window manager that's easier to set up. I mainly use the terminal and browser at work. Is there a window manager that functions well without needing extensive configuration, or maybe a user-friendly distribution or fork similar to NVChad for Neovim?
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Finding a tiling WM that works perfectly out of the box can be tough. Your best bet might be to grab some pre-configured dotfiles for i3 from GitHub. Alternatively, you can check out the new Cosmic desktop, which has tiling support and is designed to be more user-friendly.
Tiling window managers often require quite a bit of setup for everything to work smoothly. If you're looking for a traditional setup, you might be better off with something like XFCE, which is ready to use without all the extra configuration.
If you’re keen on tiling functionality, you could consider using KDE with the Bismuth or Polonium extensions. They offer a solid tiling experience while still being flexible enough for a work environment!
Have you thought about trying Kubuntu or Tuxedo OS? They come with KDE Plasma out of the box, which is pretty clean and intuitive, plus you can enable tiling options.
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll look into those options.