[mcjiggerlog]

I can't work without workspaces on a grid, but luckily there is a gnome shell plugin that works perfectly on 17.10 - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/484/workspace-grid/

[fmoralesc]

You can configure gnome-shell to use static workspaces from the gnome-tweak-tool application as well.

[mcjiggerlog]

Ah yes - you'll want to set the number of spaces to static first.