I&#x27;ve been using Linux as my primary desktop OS for about 15 years, and sound has always been a pain to deal with. I used S&#x2F;PDIF on my last machine, and it took me months of browsing through endless threads to get the thing to work properly. Skype just won&#x27;t play any sound as of my last install, I have no idea why, I&#x27;ve given up on it.<p>To get my last monitor to work properly, I had to manually enter modelines in xorg.conf. If the monitor goes in powersave mode, the full resolution won&#x27;t be available until I restart X. (It&#x27;s a Seiki 4K TV, not standard by any means, but hardly &quot;exotic&quot;)<p>Honestly, at this point, I wouldn&#x27;t recommend desktop Linux to anyone normal, I just tell them to get an Apple computer.