On 16/11/2019 23:52, jdd wrote:
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00GQ3685Q
do this device or any other works with opensuse?
Depends what functionality you're going to use. Extra USB ports, audio and ethernet will likely be okay, but notably, you might have issues with the display output. It uses DisplayLink. From playing around with a couple of docks recently I've found that to be terribly unsatisfactory. There's no official DisplayLink package for openSUSE, but somebody has packaged it in an OBS home repo. I tried it out. Got all sorts of weird and undesirable visual artefacts, glitches and odd behaviours. When seeking advice elsewhere online, others advised me that it's effectively a technology that tries to cram potentially huge graphics signals down a constricted pipe, and has to compress things in such a way that these artefacts are very probable. I bought an alternative dock with both HDMI and a VGA port that does up to full HD 1080p which is all I need, hoping that might work better, but neither work by default in Linux, despite it being a dock that explicitly advertises itself as Linux compatible. Hence I'm not at all impressed with the state of play of generic docks on Linux. You really need either a dedicated dock for a traditional laptop, or Thunderbolt. Trying to connect additional displays via either USB A/B, or basic USB-C without Power Delivery or alt-mode capabilities, doesn't seem to work well. gumb -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org