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Note sure why you would be "that guy", unless you mean you're asking questions without reading the article...

However, I skimmed the article and searched for terms like resume/sleep/wake/suspend without a hit - which I assume means they're working fine.

The article did quote that everything is running out of the box, so, again, the presumption is that those features work.

Bluetooth and Wifi work but who knows in Real World experience since the more you tinker with Linux the more issues you run into (unless you're seasoned).

Dual monitors I have no idea.

Also, those are all valid questions which I think most intro-level folks to Linux ask.

My personal issue with Linux has always been printing. At times, the drivers just stop working or crash a network company printer for no good reason. Not sure if its the novice in me or a SOP for most Linux users.

Crashing a printer sounds strange to me because linux has always had strong printer support. It became the default printer server software in a lot of large companies (Cisco where I was an intern) and has supported printers that were orphaned by windows. In fact on some printers, there is more than one driver available, and some of them work better than others. There are some proprietary printers that don't have good support from linux and that might be the issue here.

On KonicaMonilta Bizahub series, anytime a Linux computer prints a large PDF, the printer basically memory leaks to hell. This is PCL and PS drivers.

The two models we have are 283 and 284e; both have similar issues.

I spoke with a tech thinking it was my ignorance when downloading drivers but they told me "I've never seen this issue before". I chalked it up to doing something wrong and quit trying.

The Linux machines at work don't really need to print and I've attempted several times from different distros with similar results.

Again, can totally be my ignorance and lack of time to tinker with so YMMV.

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