Even without gnome just use the xrandr command when you need multiple monitors. IMO they’re very straightforward. Some distros maybe generate xorg configs that

Even without gnome just use the xrandr command when you need multiple monitors. IMO they’re very straightforward. Some distros maybe generate xorg configs that don’t have include your second output port? This isn’t an issue I’ve had with the last 4 computers I’ve owned I don’t get the driver thing? IME especially with USB drivers Linux needs less tinkering than windows. Maybe they’re complaining about closed drivers or firmware? That’s the manufacture being dickish and not a Linux problem. I’ve never had the resume issue but people have the same problems on windows. Application development is easier on GNU/Linux than any other platform. I guess if you’re used to the one particular language/framework another platform supports and you move to Linux the support for that isn’t going to be as good. Developing closed source apps sucks but no one wants to run closed source apps on Linux.