http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/ Engadget Comments for DisplayLink makes Linux source code available... finally! http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
...and it will support DisplayLink :)]]>May 18th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
but i'm SUPER happy about this]]>May 16th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
although ironically i use ubuntu in parallels on a display link second monitor]]>May 16th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
Add me to the list of people happy to see this.]]>May 16th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/I've been playing with Linux for several years now, and have used Linux exclusively on my own computers since last year when, after telling WinXP to repair the master boot record, it chose to erase it instead ... partition table and everything.]]>May 16th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
Because technically i use Linux on display link]]>May 17th 2009 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/

Been Slacking since 2003.

OTOH, I'm not actually sure how excited I am -- yes, more HW vendor support is good, and I'd definitely rather see an LGPL code drop like this than a complete binary release, but DisplayLink monitors and projectors haven't exactly made my list of tempting purchases to date.]]>May 18th 2009 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
But that said, I think if for nothing else this is a moral victory.]]>May 18th 2009 4:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
> DisplayLink is connecting monitors over USB - it's easy to add extra monitors, but it's limited by USB 2.0's bandwidth to about 1600x1200 in resolution.
> DisplayPort is a new packet-data based connector for monitors which provides for massive bandwidth. This is the standard connector you'll be using for your monitor in a couple of years time.]]>May 16th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 17th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
USB isn't.]]>May 18th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
For instance, many Linux users buy Windows machines to put Linux on them. They aren't Windows users, but they account for Windows sales. You also have to figure how many people use Linux with VM'ed Windows (like myself) because my work's AT&T VPN software doesn't have IPSEC Linux clients.

That's not counting all those web servers... ;)]]>May 16th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/if only windows was free source......
where would linux b?]]>May 16th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
See, you Windows users only know the proprietary fighting methods, which are doltishly predictable, buggy, and full of possible viruses even in the correct practice of said styles. Linux users, on the other hand, have learned the supreme underground methods of fighting styles you can only day dream of (plenty of time to dream with such a lackluster OS, ahem, I mean fighting style) You won't know what hit you when Linux comes to town. (unlike knowing exactly what you're going to get when you install Windows...virus, malware, spyware, adware, OS lockouts, company restrictions, DRM, and severe price gouging, etc)

But I digress...

Seriously, GNU/Linux is the Chuck Norris of OS's (it kicks ass)]]>May 16th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
But we can agree on one thing. Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. It's too bad he's never cried.]]>May 16th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
You just tried to make yourself look less stupid by telling a funny joke, but actually made yourself look more stupid by telling a dumb joke. ]]>May 17th 2009 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
... so please fix the title for clarity, thanks.]]>May 16th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/a press release concerning a company and their device releasing "it" is easily
identified as meaning "Device source code that will run under/is
developed for Linux". Check your semantics before you go around asking
people to change reality for ya.]]>May 16th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
USB isn't for video. It's for mice and keyboards and modems. It's not even good for hard drives.

DisplayLink is ridiculous.]]>May 18th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 16th 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
So basically the driver that they have released:
- Has a license, LGPL, that's incompatible with the X license. So you won't be seeing DisplayLink support in X any time soon.
- Doesn't support their compressed data mode, the details of which remain secret, so it will not have performance anywhere near what the Windows and Mac OS drivers have.
- Does no more than the reverse-engineered driver did.

This is pretty disappointing. Currently, the best way to use a DisplayLink device with Linux is still to use the reverse-engineered driver. Hopefully they are still working on cracking the compression: it shouldn't be difficult.
]]>May 17th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 27th 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/
if good video capture drivers are made available for linux, that means perhaps some day you could buy a dongle for your cellphone and capture video to your cellphone? or maybe these drivers could be ported to os x, and used on your appletv/boxee setup?

drivers and source code are a good thing. and just because everyone in your family runs windows, doesn't mean that linux isn't popular. ]]>May 17th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://sven.killig.de/openwrt/slugterm_dl.html]]>May 18th 2009 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/16/displaylink-makes-linux-source-code-available-finally/May 18th 2009 12:52PM