Support linux on ALL your devices
I just purchased a displaylink USB 3 based device; reading the forums I didn't pickup the difference between USB 2.0 being supported and USB 3.0 not being supported. This is nonsense. Content protection on the monitor, I don't care about being able to use protected content; I'd like to just be able to use the monitor I paid for. But no.
I think you should support Linux with USB 3.0 devices to use non-DRM content.
Ubuntu is now supported by DisplayLink and can be downloaded from here:
http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu
The Ubuntu driver is designed with open source components and packaging which enables it to be ported and distributed for other linux distros. DisplayLink does not intend to officially support more than Ubuntu. For more information, see our article here:
http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/679060
If you have further suggestions about Linux support, please raise separate specific feature requests.
If you have any problems or need support, please use the Linux forum here:
http://www.displaylink.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29
Please DO NOT use the comments thread to report problems. We have no way of following up on problem reports here. Use the forum instead.
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Christoph Ott commented
WOW that will be so amazing !!!! DisplayLink + Linux = Match in Heaven. I would also suggest Ubuntu so the Dell Team can also deliver there products with it. Please keep us informed asap for test possiblities.
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Anonymous commented
Man, this would be great. Why not go open source driver? Work with the Linux Kernel hardware guys to get a driver in the mainline kernel. There would be a number of advantages to this:
- Your hardware would 'just work' out of the box on any linux distro with the newer kernel
- By open-sourcing, you'd have a volunteer community of the best developers in the world working on your driver and continually improving it. For free.
- You don't have to 'pick winners' distro or display-server wise (where, btw, Mir is a lame-duck, Xorg is the incumbant for the next couple of years, and Wayland is the future mainstream).Admittedly on the second point, you'd have to commit some limited resources initially (just to kick things off until the open-source community takes over). But it makes sense from a business perspective. Power-users and developers are early adopters, and they have an actual need for your technology (as opposed to your regular home-user, who's single-monitor use-cases are covered by HDMI). Linux users are disproportionately power-users and developers.
By not supporting linux, you're alienating your core user-base and the early adopters who will drive mainstream uptake of displaylink. And if you want to see the difference in outcomes between embracing the open-source community vs. treating it as the poor cousin, look at ATI vs. Nvidia driver support in linux (and how reviled Nvidia is in the open-source community).
Here's what happens when you embrace open-source: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_gallium3d_2014&num=1
And ATI (and Intel for that matter), are just about to package new and even better drivers in the soon-to-be-released 4.2 kernel.
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LB commented
Xorg is still relevant and it will be the major platform to support until 2018-2020.
Wayland might be pushed by Fedora but no chance it'll be any sooner than Q1 (2015).
Mir is still Ubuntu specific and will not ship as default display server until 2016.
Whatever happens, Linux users would either switch to another distro, or pledge devs to create a fork (as with Cinnamon and MATE).
Hardly anybody running Linux would just keep the defaults if it makes their essential hardware stop working.
They'll invent workarounds.Distros are a secondary thing. You'll find a volunteer packager/maintainer for any relevant and non-relevant distro in very little time, just ask and listen.
Hey, and thank you so much for listening to user voice. I'm too tired to find better words but you get the point.
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Norbert Stüken commented
i want to switch completely from my Linux Virtual Environment on Windows to Linux Mint and thought that it should be no problem since owning a thinkpad device. However after finding out that my two monitors are not supported by the dock, because Displaylink hasn't provided support for 2,5 years now, I better stay with my Virtual Environment right now.
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Anonymous commented
It would be great to have DA100 DisplayLink support to Linux. Also got a Dell XPS 13 2015, because the dell said it would support ... apparently it will take a while. Distros like Ubuntu, Debian, Linux MINT and the late ARCH linux operating at layer Ethernet and USB hub.
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carlo commented
i have a dell xps13 developer edition, with pre-installed ubuntu trusty.
i bought a da100 display link donlge and... don't work !
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Robert Townley commented
Looking forward to it. Why not have an open base source base layer driver?
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Anonymous commented
Hmmm, I might have to rebuy my returned Lenovo docking station again.
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Fiblan commented
GREAT! i'm looking forward to test
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Artiom commented
I'm a developer, so I use Linux and need a portable monitor for my laptop. I found a device I want ( http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/MB168B/ ) but it won't work in Linux. Are you so unable that creating a Linux driver makes you feel pain? Please SUPPORT LINUX.
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Richie Jarvis - UK commented
Actually - just create debian based .deb packages, and rpm version. Or better yet, work with the Linux developer community to provide drivers which confirm to whatever agreements you have in place with rights owners about the DRM stuff.
Please just make it work!
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Richie Jarvis - UK commented
Linux Mint please
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Jesse Dickey commented
Linux Mint 17.1 (Cinnamon) please. Note: This OS is Ubuntu based which is Debian based. It is generally compatible with whatever works on the version of Ubuntu it is based on.
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Anonymous commented
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS please
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Alexander Mikhailian commented
Distro is not relevant, indeed.
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Anders commented
admin ?? any respond to every comment here ?
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Anders commented
plz create driver/firmware for 4k usb3 modell D3100
Bus 002 Device 036: ID 17e9:436e DisplayLink
dist is not relavant. -
Fiblan commented
Debian based distro....
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Jose commented
Just another displaylink dissapointed user here. Currently using ubuntu 14.04...
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Anonymous commented
I bought a wavlink UG39DK3, it using DL-3900 and not support Linux.That will be very greatful if it working under Linux, I want use this on my home mirco-server.