For all worried check out xfce. It works, is light, is customizable, has gtk responsiveness (I find Qt click and drag and drop downs odd)
Only downside maybe is no Wayland support yet.
See https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/developers-corner/wayland-meso...
Quote:
> One of the most notable improvements is the enhanced support for Wayland, bringing us closer to a fully native MATE-Wayland experience. Several components have been updated to work seamlessly with Wayland, ensuring a more integrated and responsive desktop environment.
So, it's not far away.
That's not a downside.
> xrandr --output DisplayPort-0 --set TearFree on
That works on AMD and Intel modesetting. There's something similar for nVidia. I haven't had a screen tearing issue in years on X11