[plug] Newbie: USB-C multi-port dock

[warren at warbel.net]

Hi Rob,

 

Earlier this year I purchased a dock from PLE (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/646810/ALOGIC-4K-Display-Universal-Docking-Station---100W-Power-Delivery). 

 

Most ‘good’ modern docking stations will be USB-C thunderbolt with displaylink and displayport. If your monitors only have hdmi, you may need to get some adaptors. It’s important to make sure that your laptop has a compatible thunderbolt port and that the dock can put enough watts out for your laptop to charge. 

 

The dock above works with both my work HP Elitebook i7 (running windows) and my personal Lenovo Yoga i7 <https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-series/Yoga-7-14ITL5/p/88YGC701456>  running Kubuntu 20.04 LTS. Both have usb-c thunderbolt ports.

 

With regards to drivers: you’ll need to install the display port drivers to get the functionality of the dock: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/ubuntu.php

 

Kind regards,

 

Warren

 

From: plug <plug-bounces at plug.org.au> On Behalf Of Rob Phillips
Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2021 5:52 PM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: [plug] Newbie: USB-C multi-port dock

 

Hi everyone,

I am a new member. I am slowly weaning myself off macs (after 35 years) because they cost too much and the available peripheral functionality continually decreases.

My progress towards Ubuntu has slowed down because I could not get my OWC Thunderbolt 2 multi-port dock to work. The techo stuff about drivers was too complicated, despite me being a unix sys prog in the 1980s.

My current OWC dock is getting flaky (some ports don't work and it's overheating).

This gives me the opportunity to purchase a new dock, and an incentive to complete my transition to linux.

I have been searching around, and the only two docks I found which have multiple USB-C ports are: 

*	HyperDrive GEN2: Next Generation USB-C Hub
*	Anker PowerExpand 13-in-1 USB C Dock

Questions:

*	does anyone know of other USB-C docks which will handle: 3+ USB 2/3 ports; HDMI or similar; ethernet; extra USB-C ports for peripherals, etc.?
*	How hard is it to get them working  on Ubuntu (latest production version)?
*	Can I purchase in Perth?

Thanks in advance

Rob

Rob and Rita Phillips, Ashby St, Wanneroo 
Secretary, Gnangara United Landowners Association
r.phillips at iinet.net.au <mailto:r.phillips at iinet.net.au> 
0416 065 054

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