@liaizon You might be interested in this, then: https://github.com/pop-os/shell
It will be installed by default in Pop!_OS 20.04, so you can get the i3 experience within GNOME, without giving up the GNOME features.
@liaizon It's still a work in progress, but it is nearing completion. There's a lot of progress each day.
@mmstick thanks looks interesting