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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Software to use laptop/tablet screen as an external monitor (feddit.it)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Basically the title, I want to use my laptop, which uses Arch Linux, and my tablet, which is an android one, as an external monitor for my desktop pc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've gone the x11vnc on a dummy display route, but found the setup's too much ceremony to want to use with any consistency.

Deskdock + barrier/synergy is slightly more ergonomic -- your laptop mouse and keyboard redirect to control android when you move the mouse out of the laptops screen and onto the tablet, but both displays are showing their native OS.

It's entirely tangential (not for android, not just a screen), but arcan does some cool stuff in this space. Here's a video of "sever tunneling" https://youtu.be/jIFjzN7dk10?t=107 (fancy x11 forwarding; It looks fascinating, but I've never gotten it setup).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/jIFjzN7dk10?t=107

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