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I have some issues with docking and audio with Arch. Maybe I am asking too much to have a docking station work perhaps. I still don't feel the need to go back to Windows however.

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Why do people even use docking stations anymore? I've never used one but I have used plenty of KVM-type devices that just work over various standard usb/display ports. What's the appeal of using the specialized "docking" port?

This is a ThinkPad USB-C docking station. I think it is basically the same as what you are talking about but if not, the main convenience is that you can plug in one cable which provides power, 2 external displays and a mouse. Super great if / when it works but not reliable with Arch (not blaming the distro specifically, it could be kernel or anything in the stack).

To fix my Thinkpad USB-C docking station on Arch, I asked Gemini and just followed what it said. It took a few minutes.

I've definitely tried that with claude code. It seems AGI will be needed to solve this one.

There are no more docking stations. The dedicated dock port died many years ago, and everything has been USB-C/Thunderbolt ever since.

Which really isn't too much different, docking ports were by and large PCI with extra sauce

For lazy arch try manjaro. I love arch, but I am lazy so my machines mostly just run manjaro. Same fun, less of these issues

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