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But, that's more than one button to push! /s

Seriously though, I am a regular user of DVI and VGA KVMs, which have served me well over the years, but now as I migrate to HDMI or DisplayPort connectors and higher resolutions, I'm finding myself having to re-think how I hook everything together.

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My windows laptop has only VGA out, so I hook up a second monitor via displaylink (usb -> DVI).

I tried plugging the cable into my KVM switch and it worked okay on the Windows 10 side but there was some hot-plugging kernel panic when switching to Linux (must file a bug report!)

So perhaps the future of KVM switches doesn't need video connectors such as VGA/DVI/DP if USB-C -> HDMI (as smartphones are adopting) becomes universal.

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