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.
That’s 4k.
If you want it cheap you can get a usb-c hub on aliexpress for $10-$20. I have one and it works great.
Look for one that says it supports 4k 60hz on HDMI.
I have a caldigit ts3 I got from work that works well with the framework. Looks like it only does a max of one 5k or two 4k monitors. They have a new one (caldigit ts4) that appears to work up to 8k.
If it were me (and I didn’t get the dock free from work) I’d just buy and test a few cheap amazon docks then return the ones I dont like.
Thanks, I received the caldigit have set it up. Everything seems to be working.
Hell yeah brother
I hate returning stuff, but sometimes it just can’t be avoided.
I’ve ordered the Caldigit TS3. I’ll update after I get a chance to test it.
3840x2160 is standard 4k, not 8k
So, I took the advice of @steal_your_face and got the caldigit ts3. I had to grab a displayport to hdmi adapter since I don’t have displayport cables.
So far, I have the display working at full 3840x2160. It struggled at first, but eventually Fedora got it working without any changes. I did have to unplug and plug in the usb-c cable. Mouse and Keyboard recognized without issue. Audio through the dock to the screen to speaker is working. Mounted and worked with files on usb drive, no issues. Videos played off the usb drive fine.
So, in short, it works as expected, no extra setup/config required.
If I need a dock I’ll always get the newest Caldigit. Having gone through many, nothing else compares.
