I’m looking for a docking station for my frame.work laptop running Linux. The big ask is I want to be able to hook up to my big monitor with a 3840x2160 resolution (I think it is 8K?).

Has anyone found one that works with that combination of factors?

I’ve read a bunch of posts on the frame.work forums and looked at a bunch of docks on Amazon, but haven’t found one that gives me confidence it’ll work.

  • Shertson@lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    6 months ago

    Just wanted to share a follow up.

    The dock works great under most circumstances. The issue that i have, which was listed by others in reviews for many different docks, is when connected through my KVM. It takes forever to sync up and drive my display. By forever, I mean 30+ seconds most of the time, and occasionally I have to disconnect the cable, open the laptop lid and then reconnect the cable.

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Oof thats annoying. I never used a kvm. Just used the same inputs for my work and personal laptop and switched which one was plugged into the dock.

      • Shertson@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, I have a 4 port KVM. One for my work issued Surface laptop, one for my mini-pc, one for my Framework 13, and one for any computer that I’m troubleshooting. I’m thinking about moving to my Framework fully and changing the mini-pc into another node for self-hosting setup.