Intel AX210

Yep, had a similar annoyance using my AirPods with my gaming laptop. The laptop wouldn't reconnect after going to sleep for an extended period of time. I ended up replacing the stock wireless card for an Intel AX210 based one and then it was fine.

Known good hardware I expect. There's definitely some hardware out there which is sorta-kinda supported on Linux, but only really works for one kernel version on one distro, and doesn't only supports the bare minimum of requirements. > Bluetooth pairing fails occasionally. I never had this issue on Linux until my most recent laptop, which shipped with a Qualcomm 1103 card, which gave me no end of issues with Wifi and Bluetooth (resume from sleep failing, weird power drain, random drop outs). I swapped out the wifi/BT module for an Intel wireless card (AX210), and all the above problems immediately resolved themselves. Maybe it's just the bluetooth hardware? > Plugging in a new display doesn't immediately work. I've honestly not had to worry about this in at least ten years across ~8 different machines. It's just worked on all three major graphics vendors. I haven't used Wayland yet, so I don't know if if that's a factor.

Yeah cabling is what will usually make 2.5G/5G make a lot more sense if you don't absolutely need the full bandwidth, those speeds give you options for >1G without needing to rip your cabling plant out. Not quite >10 Gbps on 802.11ax though - standards compliant gear has a max theoretical cap of 9.61 Gbps half duplex using 8 spatial streams and 2.4 Gbps half duplex if one end is any current client chip which is limited to 2 spatial streams. Realistic numbers a little lower, I can get ~2 Gbps goodput on an AX210 in the same room as the router on an empty 160 MHz channel. Still far more than any home consumer will need but it's a bit of a ways off of obsoleting wired 10 Gbps full duplex throughput, especially with the cost of 2 8x8 APs.