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  • I guess I’m not understanding the question…

    You have a laptop connected to a docking station.

    You have linux PC connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

    You want to use the same monitor, keyboard and mouse on both machines? Switching between the two?

    The monitor is the easy part, lots of monitors have multiple inputs, so you put the Linux PC on one input and the laptop dock on the other. Switch video inputs using the buttons on the monitor.

    The keyboard and mouse would be tricky without a KVM switch. In theory, with a wireless keyboard and mouse, you could connect it to both machines, but you’d run the risk of using one and sending garbage data to the other if both were turned on at the same time.

    I’d just get a KVM, that’s what they’re there for.



  • “Console sales are down. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella marked a 26% decline in spending on current-generation consoles this April compared to last April.”

    We’re 4 years into the generation, sales declines aren’t uncommon, but this gen has had unique challenges:

    1. Covid fucked it all up. Supply chain issues screwed availability, software engineering ganked game development.

    2. Too much emphasis on “Cross Gen”. Why would someone scramble to get a hard to find PS5 or Xbox Series when the same game is out on PS4/Xbox One X?

    Long generations are kind of the new thing, starting with Xbox 360/PS3. Previously they were around 5 years and people are looking for the next machines now.