I attached a USB-C hub to my laptop dock using a flattened IKEA bracket and some 3M tape. Now I can easily use it and see both screens from my lap. A bit hacky but it works.
@rgk @crunklord420 The phone is driving the "laptop" as the laptop dock is just a display, battery, keyboard and mouse in a laptop shell with no CPU of its own.
@kyle
What's laptop is that?
@Azt3c It's not a laptop, but a Librem 5 phone attacked to a Nexdock2 laptop dock. All the software is running on the Librem 5, the laptop shell is just providing a display, keyboard, mouse, and battery
@kyle
That looks nice! Good idea for my #pinephone 🙂
@kyle What laptop dock is this?
@0x1C3B00DA This is a discontinued Nexdock 2. It currently works w/ an external hub in "Raspberry Pi mode". The (also now discontinued) Nexdock Touch works directly with a USB-C cable but touchscreen doesn't (yet) work. It seems each model has differences in how it negotiates, which requires a lot of testing and troubleshooting for our team, so I can't say ahead of time how well the next model will work.
@kyle I am glad I found Kyle of Purism at mastodon.
@kyle you guys should sell a dock that works for sure through the purism website and that is tested 8)!
