I'm a longtime Xubuntu user because it just gets out of my way and is rock solid, but the apparently unfixable screen tearing makes me weep.
Seemingly Manjaro XFCE edition[1] solves the screen tearing by using a different compositor[2].
[1] https://manjaro.org/download/xfce/ [2] https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/130616/the-xfce-surprise...