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Are you saying that PCs do not usually have the ability to plug into a monitor, to charge, and to connect to a USB hub for the rest of your devices from a singl
by philistine 2y ago
Are you saying that PCs do not usually have the ability to plug into a monitor, to charge, and to connect to a USB hub for the rest of your devices from a single USB-C port?
You guys still plug three cables each time you sit at a desk?
- talldayo 2y agoWhen was the last time you touched a PC, 2003? They most certainly do, when the OEM actually supports it: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/thunderbolt.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/thunderbo... It's not ever coming to Apple Silicon on Linux since post-Thunderspy, Thunderbolt is dangerous to implement even in the best of circumstances. You'd have to reverse-engineer and update Apple's IOMMU, write software drivers for the port since it doesn't have firmware and test it across a variety of vulnerable devices to see how secure it is.
- philistine 2y ago> when the OEM actually supports it that sentence carries a lot of weight. How many millions of users are left in the dust? Last time I touched a PC, the USB-C port could charge the laptop, unless the battery was empty. Then only the barrel plug could be used. It. was. infuriating.
- talldayo 2y agoThat's terrible, caveat emptor. My point is that you won't see people porting Thunderbolt to Asahi in a post-Thunderspy era. Once you're finished astroturfing, you're welcome to rejoin the greater discussion.
- gkbrk 2y agoMy Linux laptop can charge, provide USB ports, connect to my monitor and provide Ethernet connectivity from a single cable. This laptop came out 7 years ago, but I'm sure much older models can do this just fine too.
- bogantech 2y agoThe problem is that Apple does DP Alt mode in a different way top everyone else, which apparently requires a large amount of changes to the kernel