New Virtual Monitor Software Might End Up On Linux

[StefanBruens]

If it works the same as Displaylink then it will be just as useless, mucking around with xorg conf files isn't friendly.

'just works' in windows and i assume the same in osx.

You dont have to touch xorg.conf to use a DisplayLink device. You can just add it as an additional output provider using xrandr.

1. Make sure you use the udl (DRM/KMS) driver, not udlfb
2. Make sure the dri node is accessible, i.e. it is listed by "loginctl seat-status seat0"

If everything is set up correctly (which is the default on any sane current distribution), the output should show up with:
xrandr --listproviders

Two providers should be listed.

Currently there is no graphical xrandr frontend supporting output providers, AFAIK

[kpedersen]

VNC has had HTML5 viewers / clients for ages. What exactly is new about this software?

Or is it because it is likely to be proprietary and ad-supported / crippled that people are now interested in it?

[curaga]

Can anyone explain why he doesn't just leverage plain-old VNC for the back end?

VNC would either duplicate the display (x11vnc), which is not the point of this, or not have acceleration (Xnvc + Xdmx).

[peppercats]

I frequently use my nook HD+ for viewing documents because the screen is quite good - it would be nice if I could incorporate it into my daily workflow with such a program by putting APIs/etc on it easily without having to use touch/an external control system.

I hope it's open source though.

[droidhacker]

Can anyone explain why he doesn't just leverage plain-old VNC for the back end?

[halfmanhalfamazing]

This software essentially co-opts a device which was meant to be an integrated device and turns it into a dumb old monitor. The video on the website shows an Ipad - Apple meant it to be integrated, not ever to be just a plain old monitor.

I really like the idea of this software, this is fantastic.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: New Virtual Monitor Software Might End Up On Linux

An open-source project that's currently Windows-only allows for creating virtual computer monitors that are then rendered on an extra computer, tablet, or smart-phone as a secondary display. Making this different from other VNC-like programs is that the secondary system's monitor can be rendered to an HTML5 web-browser window. The developer behind this software is now working on bringing it to Linux...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTc3NDA