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Anon uses arch btw (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year 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