For multimonitor setup you need to use Wayland and not X11
I've been running multi monitor setups on Xorg for decades.
X11 can support multimonitor but it will break if the monitors have different resolutions. That's why I suggested to use Wayland.
Nah. I use X11 with a 2k and an ultra wide. No problems at all.
There are a lot of cases that having different resolution can cause issues. I am glad you didn't have problem but this doesn't apply for everyone unfortunately
How are people supposed to know this? This is why Linux is hardly used for desktop. Everything requires custom knowledge.
They aren't, wayland is replacing X11 completely.
X11 is legacy and is soon to no longer ship by default anywhere.
Eventually, probably, but Cinnamon, XFCE, and MATE still don't support it, so I wouldn't call "soon."
Given that Mint is one of the most recommended beginner distros, this presents a problem.
Cinnamon is pretty much the only major desktop environment that isn't transitioning.
Mate and XFCE are both planning it and it seems relatively close for them, and since they're going to be using wlroots, once it's supported it won't be long for x11 to be gone.
Also, I think gnome/kde make up the VAST majority of linux desktop usage.
For multimonitor setup you need to use Wayland and not X11
I've been running multi monitor setups on Xorg for decades.
X11 can support multimonitor but it will break if the monitors have different resolutions. That's why I suggested to use Wayland.
Nah. I use X11 with a 2k and an ultra wide. No problems at all.
There are a lot of cases that having different resolution can cause issues. I am glad you didn't have problem but this doesn't apply for everyone unfortunately
How are people supposed to know this? This is why Linux is hardly used for desktop. Everything requires custom knowledge.
They aren't, wayland is replacing X11 completely.
X11 is legacy and is soon to no longer ship by default anywhere.
Eventually, probably, but Cinnamon, XFCE, and MATE still don't support it, so I wouldn't call "soon."
Given that Mint is one of the most recommended beginner distros, this presents a problem.
Cinnamon is pretty much the only major desktop environment that isn't transitioning.
Mate and XFCE are both planning it and it seems relatively close for them, and since they're going to be using wlroots, once it's supported it won't be long for x11 to be gone.
Also, I think gnome/kde make up the VAST majority of linux desktop usage.