the gimp nightly builds seem to be pretty stable now. if you want to try out the latest and greatest features, you can easily install them with flatpak.
i'm using kde plasma with krohnkite autotiling extension and i like having the best of both worlds. plasma's implementations of wayland features and fully working dynamic autotiling, which i can control with my keyboard.
just this youtube video https://youtu.be/2EPIUyFJ4ag