The title of this says it all. System 76 is a Linux-specific vendor.
There will NOT be a problem with the video or sound; they will be
working when he gets them. There are few enough of those vendors
already; let's not try to drive sales AWAY from them.
And there isn't any reason the HP monitor the poster is asking about
shouldn't be detected directly by Ubuntu. It figured out my weird 19"
widescreen 1440 x 900 Viewsonic LCD screen without a blink.