I abandoned stock Ubuntu, as MC did not like Wayland. None of the MCC or MCWS mechanisms to control the window would work (minimize, maximize, restore, change view). I think Wayland required UI (mouse) interaction to do this - presumably for security reasons. So using the display with only MCWS control was a no-no.
The first and only alternative I tried was Kubuntu (which uses KDE), and that works well enough. Although black-screen hangs meant that I eventually had to take out my Nvidia card and use motherboard graphics instead. I am sure that there are other, more mainstream, options. But that is my experience.