It’s a USB connected video adapter. Not USB C DP alt mode. USB USB.
At the best of times it’s solidly OK. At the worst of times it’s absolutely horrendous.
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Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 weeks agoI’m not sure what this is. DDG shows me things that look like port hubs ? but for displays ? I haven’t kept up with the times
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Socket462@feddit.it 4 weeks ago
If you mainly do work tasks it is perfectly ok. My main monitor is a 4k 60Hz, the second is a 2k 144hz. Both runs very fluid with almost no hiccups. My few colleagues adopted the same layout and are happy with it.
It is not ok for gaming though, especially FPS or other games with fast changing scenes.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
If your laptop doesn’t have enough ports built in.
Socket462@feddit.it 4 weeks ago
I have 2 computers connected to an USB switch (not a port replicator but one that let switch the host of your USB switch) and the dock attached to this USB switch. This allows me to quickly all my desk (multiple monitors, webcam, microphone, gigabit network, etc…) with one click. Also both computer just require 2 cables for everything: USB and power cord. It took some time to put it all together but it is now my definitive battle station.
Unfortunately the dock does not work well with Linux and I am not able to find a non displaylink dock that enables me to achieve all of this. It is just a driver problem, but still…