I have an old Windows desktop which I use now to run openSUSE 13.1 and application software. My question is whether or not I can attach an old Windows laptop to the openSUSE desktop and have the laptop serve as the monitor for the Linux application. I do not need any function from the laptop other than to simply display the output from the desktop application.
Can this be done? If so, what is required?
TIA
Stan
Hi
Use something like NX from nomachine on the openSUSE machine, then on the laptop the NX client. If you can run an X server (mingwin) on the windows laptop you could use ssh -X (via putty) and run the application on the laptop. There are others like VNC, xrdp etc you could also use.
There is Team Viewer as well…you can install this on openSUSE. You could install Teamviewer on the laptop (I take it it has Window’s installed on it) and on the desktop with openSUSE then just log in to your account and enter codes to control computer.I have done this on my openSUSE 13.2 and Teamviewer is installed and working just fine.I’m doing this to keep conected to my desktop-Laptop for my Free Phoneline (VIOP) while I watch movie’s and other things on my Moniter.
On Thu 05 Mar 2015 07:06:01 PM CST, Rusty887 wrote:
There is Team Viewer as well…you can install this on openSUSE. You
could install Teamviewer on the laptop (I take it it has Window’s
installed on it) and on the desktop with openSUSE then just log in to
your account and enter codes to control computer.I have done this on my
openSUSE 13.2 and Teamviewer is installed and working just fine.I’m
doing this to keep conected to my desktop-Laptop for my Free Phoneline
(VIOP) while I watch movie’s and other things on my Moniter.
Hi
The only thing with teamviewer is you need an internet connection as it
goes via an external server, NX remains on the local network, just
something to consider 
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