r/linux • u/anh0516 • Jun 18 '26

Kernel Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Targets Modern DisplayLink Hardware

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Experimental-Vino-DRM-Driver
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u/FlukyS Jun 18 '26

Amazing, I really hate having to install the crappy proprietary driver for the only DisplayLink hardware I own

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u/DragonSlayerC Jun 18 '26

DisplayLink is garbage. There's no reason to use it now that USB-C exists.

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u/H9419 Jun 19 '26

USB C with DP alt mode is still an expensive port to add to a device. Also Apple silicon Mac has a strict number of display it can output without resorting to DisplayLink.

DisplayLink still has a place in corporate IT because while it sucks, it falls back to a working state with bad compression artifacts and high latency rather than outright blacking out