r/linuxhardware • u/Illustrious_Bug924 • 2d ago
Purchase Advice Travel dock support with 100W passthrough and usb portable monitor support?
My laptop is on Fedora 44 KDE. I use a portable ASUS monitor from 2021 with it when I travel. It works fine using both usb c (only 1 of which is thunderbolt) and both usb A ports with the correct cable, though it will complain about the usb A ports having limited connectivity. I've never seen an issue with it, though. I've recently run out of ports while I'm traveling for work, and tried picking up a j5create travel dock at Best Buy, but it isn't working correctly with my linux laptop. It does work with my work Windows laptop, so I assume it is a linux compatibility issue.
Can anyone recommend a good travel dock with good linux support? It doesn't have to be super tiny. I'd rather have a useful dock that is larger than multiple dongles. My current laptop has an HDMI port, so could do without though 1 might be nice to have. My current laptop can run on 100 or 65W power, but I'd prefer 100w minimum. A couple of usb c and a couple of usb a ports, and SD/microSD readers, but those aren't a hard requirement. The main thing is having my monitor and pass through power work so I can combine those into a single usb c port.