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Anon uses arch btw (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

From using arch with the default kernel and XFCE: the only thing that breaks is the external monitor gets the XFCE default desktop background rather than the one you set. Other than that hot plugging just works.

Granted minimal window managers tend to require explicit edits to a config file to get monitors working