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    [–] Got_Bent -1 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    So how would I go about installing Linux on my shitty $200 refurbished Dell laptop? Would it continue to support my USB docking station with mouse keyboard and three monitors? What about remoting into work?

    I don't otherwise particularly do anything on it. No gaming or any such thing.

    [–] dodos 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

    USB docking station should be supported (unless it's one of those external battery ones that plug into the bottom of the laptop). Remoting into work is fine but depends on the setup. For example, openssh with rdp works fine, can't vouch for other solutions but I'm sure you could get them working.

    Edit: I have been informed that displaylink docks require additional software. I didn't even know those were a thing so I don't know how difficult it would be to setup.

    [–] bitchkat 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    I had to manually install displaylink on Fedora in order to use my USB-C docking station. Its not included in the fedora repos. But it drives 4x1440p monitors

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    That’s true for any OS though. DisplayLink dock is software dock and must have proper drivers installed to work.

    [–] bitchkat 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    dodos is claiming that it should be supported by the distro (meaning work out of the box).

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

    Well, hardware-designed dock station would work, sure. They don’t require any additional software. For example, for M1 MacBook Air with MacOS there are two options: HW docks would work out of the box, no software or tinkering needed. But you are limited with only one external display (Apple decided so). SW docks (DisplayLink) work great and give you multiple displays and stuff, but require drivers. And also after reboot you have to log in before dock can launch its software companion. Also, since it’s software, OS updates can cause malfunction and/or incompatibility. I expect situation be more or less the same with all OS.

    [–] dodos 1 points 4 months ago

    I had no clue those were a thing, thanks for letting me know. Does the dock require additional software on windows as well?

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