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I am writing this from Windows 11. I still haven't solved my wacom tablet issues on Linux. I still have a drive with Nobara 42, but I can't use it. When I have some free time, I will get to the bottom of it, and perhaps (finally) ditch the Windows. Addendum : right now I depend on Windows+Wacom to keep functioning correctly to be able to work.
For me it is the displaylink dock driver which consume all the CPU in Ubuntu and Fedora. When that will get sorted out, but I doubt it will happen anytime soon, I will finally ditch Windows.
I'm not sure what this is. DDG shows me things that look like port hubs ? but for displays ? I haven't kept up with the times
Okay PCWorld helped me somewhat. https://www.pcworld.com/article/801587/best-displaylink-docks.html
I'm not sure what this brings compared to connecting your monitor directly to your laptop ?
I have 2 computers connected to an USB switch (not a port replicator but one that let switch the host of your USB switch) and the dock attached to this USB switch. This allows me to quickly switch all of my desk devices (multiple monitors, webcam, microphone, gigabit network, etc...) with one click. Also both computer just require 2 cables for everything: USB and power cord. It took some time to put it all together but it is now my definitive battle station.
Unfortunately the dock does not work well with Linux and I am not able to find a non displaylink dock that enables me to achieve all of this. It is just a driver problem, but still...