The review makes a lot of hay over needing DP and HDMI cards for a multimonitor setup, but even on Linux the USB-C expansion card supports DisplayPort altmode,

The review makes a lot of hay over needing DP and HDMI cards for a multimonitor setup, but even on Linux the USB-C expansion card supports DisplayPort altmode, MST hubs, and power delivery passthrough on all four ports. Each port has its own Thunderbolt 3 and PD controller. (The DP expansion card is just an altmode pin converter, and the HDMI card is an HDMI-to-DP converter, which is probably why it constantly consumes power.) You might need a dock if the other three ports aren't enough, but you can connect power and two external monitors on one port.