I’ve been using swayfx, a fork of Sway with a little more eye candy.

What hardware solution did you go with?

Oof - forgot to mention that I do have autologin configured on gdm 😀

This reply isn’t going to be helpful to OP, but thought I might add context for others passing by.

I’m using Arch Linux with LUKS encryption and gdm. As long as my user’s password is the same as the LUKS password, I only ever type my password in once.

Just saying that a MacOS-like convenience is definitely possible on Linux.

With how most monitors being wide-screen (or even ultra-wide), horizontal might make more sense

I usually use Roboto or Inter as my desktop font on gtk/gnome

Mostly okay. My only annoyance is setting up electron apps to use Wayland.

I’ve found it works flawlessly on mine, with a minor caveat that the fingerprint sensor doesn’t work (some Dell models do, just not the one I got). I’m using Arch Linux on a 9310 2-in-1.

I suggest checking the Arch Wiki The wiki has compatibility notes for many XPS laptops on what works, what doesn’t, and what workarounds may be available. If you’re not planning on using Arch, your distro of choice may have a wiki with that info too.

Hmm, I feel like there’s some nuances around Hyprland (and it’s kind of window managers) that makes having a place for discussion valuable.

• Plugin development discussions
• Configuration recipes and troubleshooting (Configs for tiling wm’s often are like 500-line software projects)
• …and sometimes its just fun to chat with like-minded people who share a similar philosophy on the tools they use on their computers

I’m not a hyprland user, but I find it valuable to lurk around SwayWM communities on Discord and Reddit.

The Google Drive integration is amazing! It’s such a part of my everyday use case. The gnome team did a great job.

Gnome is not so bad. It has a decent on screen keyboard that’s very useable. I occasionally use it on my Dell 2-in-1 laptop.