USB 3.0 is great, but most of the thin-and-light and tablet systems launching now only have room for one or two USB ports. So we’re excited to announce Plugable’s new 7-Port USB 3.0 Hub using the market-leading VIA VL811 chipset. Connect a bunch of extra devices, all with USB 3.0’s much higher performance and great […]
Fedora 17, as shipped, supports only 7 or 8 plug-and-play USB terminals per machine. The cause is the kernel evdev driver’s limit of 32 input devices. You can see how your 32 evdev slots are currently getting used on a system with the command for i in {0..31..1}; do udevadm info -a -n /dev/input/event$i | […]
We’re excited to be launching our new USB keyboard and mouse with a focus on keeping things simple, functional, and affordable (at $19 you can’t beat it for a keyboard+mouse bundle like this). Just plug in the USB cords and your keyboard and mouse are ready to use with any Windows, Mac, Linux or other […]
See below for a great 3rd party video (created by @wwjoshdew) on setup and use of our new Plugable UD-3000 USB 3.0 docking station. We’re super excited about this product – it shows off what USB 3.0 can do, in a single integrated package. It’s a great way to get an extra display, gigabit network […]
The Linux GNOME 3 UI assumes you have a beefy 3D GPU and capable driver, which can cause problems when that isn’t the case. Individual GNOME 3 users can fix this by setting their desktop experience to GNOME 3 “fallback mode” which can avoid the 3D compute burden. Fallback mode is an essential setting for […]
OpenSUSE and ArchLinux appear to be making good progress on integrating the latest version of systemd, which is a central element of Linux’s new Automatic USB multiseat support — letting you turn one machine into many with plug and play USB terminals. Since this is all open source, we expect the porting process will happen […]
Listed below are our latest updates about how to make your Plugable products work on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion with all the caveats shared by customers. If you read this post before and notice changes, it’s because we’ve revised our advice based on differences between our test results and what many customers were […]
We’re pleased to announce the latest expansion of our USB 3.0 product line with the USB3-VGA: Plugable’s USB 3.0 to VGA graphics adapter for Windows PCs. Most monitors, TVs, and projectors still have the familiar 15-pin VGA input port for attaching a computer. Don’t let VGA’s age fool you. Images on your display will look […]
“It’s a hub.” –Brian Marshall The quotation above comes from a review of one of Plugable’s self-powered hubs. It implies that there’s not much that can be said about a hub. But at Plugable somehow we end up having a lot of long discussions about hubs and their features (it is a fun place to […]
Linux kernel 3.4.0 is the first to include a new driver for DisplayLink-based USB 2.0 devices, called “udl”. udl is a port of the udlfb driver to Linux’s DRM architecture. David Airlie is doing this work, and the potential is very exciting. Eventually, this architecture will lead to a host of advantages, including GPU-accelerated 3D […]
