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Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it's been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a shared workplace, so I can't just leave the ethernet unplugged.

And yes, it has DisplayPort and potentially HDMI, too. I do have an idea why it might work that way, but from a user perspective, it's still useless and annoying...

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

shared workplace

the next guy won't be able to use the ethernet either

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they meant that doesn't work for their use cases? Might still work for the next guy

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I don't want to go too much into detail, but there's basically two different paths you can take. Either you get a preconfigured setup, but then have to rely on the attrocious support from our IT supplier, or you choose a DIY setup.

I could DIY it, so the ethernet works as intended, but it's just not worth the effort...