The device you linked to uses FrescoLogic hardware. You cannot disable the built-in display of laptops (see github issue). You can watch videos, but you'll notice visible artifacts because of the high compression that is needed to be able to transfer the images over (relatively slow) USB3.0. In general, everything where the display output is mostly static. What you can expect from itįrom my own experience, it works well for office use or browsing the internet. If in doubt, take a look at the known issues page.
FL2000 DRIVER DRIVER
The driver is not compatible with closed source graphics drivers. Resolutions up to 4K are supported on the appropriate DisplayLinkĭL-1x5 and DL-1x0 devices use the open source udl driver, which is not More than 2 DisplayLink displays may work, but not supported This driver will support up to 2 displays connected to DisplayLinkĭevices. According to the release notes, they support the following:
The latest driver version is available for 16.04 and 18.04. There is also a reddit where a user claims he got it to work on Ubuntu 18.04 Alpha 2, but didn't provide any further information. So if you aren't using Ubuntu 14.04 anymore, you'd have to wait for someone to port it (or do it yourself). This issue indicates that there is no support for newer kernels right now. 4.0 or above) because of the fast-movingĪPI changes in the mainstream kernel. This driver source might notĬompile on newer kernels (eg.
FL2000 DRIVER ANDROID
This driver is tested on Ubuntu 14 LTS as well as some Android There is an official open source driver available at github for the fl2000 chip, but as the readme says:
You will probably get best results using a DisplayLink device and Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04. Most USB/HDMI converters sold today contain hardware from either DisplayLink or FrescoLogic. It depends on the converter chip and your operating system.