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.
3840x2160 is standard 4k, not 8k
Sorry, I thought I replied.
Thank you for the correction.
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.
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.
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.
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.
