On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 16:41 +0000, 8bits1be...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a WiDi enabled chipset on my laptop and when I was on Windows,
> really enjoyed using wireless monitors rather than using a HDMI
> cable.  I've found mentions of MiracleCast, a *nix implementation of
> Miracast, but development seems to have fizzled out.  Has anyone got
> this working with Fedora?  Thoughts on why this technology seems to
> be lacking in the *nix world?  Seems like every TV and even new Dell
> monitors have this built in so IMHO it's not some fringe feature
> anymore.

The technology exists, I've seen it demo'ed. Getting it to work
requires unusually high levels of expertise with both wpa_supplicant
and GNOME (or similar), and I think that lack of critical developer
mass has been the real hinderance.

John
-- 
John W. Linville                Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a
linvi...@redhat.com                     bad supper. -- Sir Francis Bacon
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