King_Corduroy wrote: You are crazy if you are running Debian though. 😜
I know I am. When I install Debian, I install in text mode, and only install the most basic install, no X, no desktop. Then I install just the packages I want from there. It helps keep out all the cruft and crap I don't want. You do really have to beat Debian in the kidneys to get a workable desktop out of it. It has gotten much better over the years though. You pretty much have to run Debian Testing if you want the latest packages. Debian stable is out of date by the time it gets released. I still don't like that they rebrand Firefox as Iceweasel, but oh well.
Overall, once you have it tweaked, Debian is clean, fast, and stable. It is a pain when you need something that cannot be found in the Debian repositories. You can often install Ubuntu packages, but they don't always work due to some version differences.
My current desktop is dual 27" monitors. I use nVidea twinview with the binary drivers get the dual desktop working. One thing I love about MATE and dual monitors is that the task bar, when you have it docked on each monitor, only shows the apps running on that monitor. Drag a window to the other head, and the task bar button moves to that head. Nice!