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My company used to have some display link docks, which I was unable to use due to bugs in the Linux implementations.

For a while I'd keep an eye on updates to see if they'd been fixed but they never were before we moved office.

I'm going to be quite sure we don't get any more in any future offices (we don't have them at our current office)

Every DisplayLink hub or dock or adapter I've tried using has been a terrible nightmare. I've tried on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Now I actively avoid them.

Mine works just fine with the newest Dell XPS 14 laptop and Ubuntu.

I've had terrible experiences with most of the big computer name brands making Displaylink hubs. Frequent driver issues, unexplainable compatibility issues, hardware failures, and more.

My only "wow this thing just works everywhere" was actually the Plugable brand docs. Obviously can't do things like 3D gaming, but for regular desktop kind of applications dang have these things been largely bulletproof. Especially the older USB 3.0 ones.

I still remember running five displays (including the built-in) off a single cheap HP Split X2 back in the day thanks to a Plugable dock.

Plugable does great stuff - they're my go-to for basically any type of dongle they manufacture.

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