• libdlo, the best-known driver currently
  • software names:
    • udlfb — the DisplayLink Linux framebuffer kernel module
      • udlfb v0.2.3 was integrated into the mainline kernel in v2.6.31
    • displaylink-mod — an improved version of udlfb v0.2.3, but many of its improvements were integrated into udlfb v0.4.0
    • xf86-video-displaylink — the X.org video driver
    • displaylinkfb — presents DisplayLink devices according to the framebuffer abstraction layer, which means it can use the xfbdev X driver
  • latest releases
    • 2009 Nov 11 — udlfb v0.4.0 (and the kernel patch version)
    • 2009 Sep 15 — displaylinkfb
    • 2009 Jul 8 — displaylink-mod v0.3
    • 2009 Jun 10 — udlfb 0.2.3 and xf86-video-displaylink 0.3
  • community/developer information
    • plugable.com blog, which has the most up-to-date and complete release information
    • git repo @ plugable.com — it seems like most integration is happening here
    • git repo @ freedesktop.org
    • libdlo mailing list
    • twitter.com/libdlo
  • end-user HOWTOs
    • there's detailed Ubuntu 9.04 instructions!
    • even more detailed info
    • Ubuntu 9.10 = don't have to install udlfb?
      • that's right, it's started coming with Ubuntu
    • you may have to finagle it to get Linux to recognize it properly
    • various bits of cajoling needed
  • developers, power users
    • developers
      • Greg Kroah-Hartman, well-known Linux kernel maintainer, especially of the USB subsystem, and the Linux Driver Project
      • Keith Packard, well-known contributor to X Window
      • Bernie Thompson, CEO of Plugable Technologies / plugable.com
      • Roberto De Ioris, lives in Torino, Italy, website is unbit.it
    • power users
      • Mulchman, AKA Patrick O'Leary
      • floe.butterbrot.org, power user / developer
• some earlier work done by somebody else

Linux applications

• vnc2dl