after using a lenovo usb c dock and having a lot of display problems. its a displaylink chip. and random disconnects (doesn’t happen on my windows work laptop). i was wondering what are the best supported docks for linux?

in my current situation the dock has the displays, ethernet, keyboard/mouse and audio connected to it so i can easily switch between my work laptop and my desktop pc.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    Not a direct answer to your question, but I have a Dell TB16 dock. It does not work well - it sporadically fails to output display to my monitors and it does not charge my non-dell personal laptop (a Lenovo Yoga 730). However, it works great for my Dell work laptop running windows…

    Just adding this Incase you see it on sale or something - take it for what it’s worth!

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      31 year ago

      The Dell dock works great with my framework after I installed their display link drivers (proprietary blob unfortunately).

      • @Sir_mittens2OP
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        21 year ago

        The display link drivers are the problem for me. Makes everything so unstable.

        • krolden
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          21 year ago

          Its the worst for Linux, but works great if you need video out on an android device without video output.

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      1 year ago

      ~I use mine on an XPS, but I have no issues with it driving two displays in either Ubuntu nor Debian. Works fine!~ scratch that I use a WD19-TB, not the same thing.