Can you send a Linux system to your laptop?
Can you send a Linux system to your laptop?
For my tasks, we maintain Linux systems that operate our custom software for HVAC management. These units work continuously, and during maintenance we need a keyboard, monitor, and our laptop. I aim to minimize travel and prefer using my laptop as a display (instead of bringing a separate one). Ideally, I want to view the Linux machine on my laptop and control it via the keyboard, without needing extra hardware. I understand this might require a specific device (like a video capture card) to function that way, but I’m curious if there’s a solution using just the laptop keyboard.
Yes, a graphical user interface is required. The task cannot be completed using only the terminal or shell.
Have you thought about using remote connectivity tools such as TeamViewer? You might be able to test it for free, but I think a paid subscription would be necessary for business purposes. It seems to work with Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. I’ve only used it on Windows before.
The issue I observe is... Linux systems running our exclusive software to manage the HVAC.
The TeamViewer client, or similar ones, may cause problems.
It's all in the terminal, I guess. No GUI - just typing commands.
My guess is that to get a video signal into my laptop, I would need some kind of video card that converts HDMI signal to USB, and then use a program, maybe like OBS Studio. I do video production, so this is how I would get a live HDMI feed from the camera into the computer, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for any HDMI feed. I wish there was something similar...
...then there's the issue of a keyboard. Any dumb usb keyboard works, so why not use my laptop's keyboard as an input on another computer? Perhaps it just wasn't designed this way? What about using a USB bridging cable? Maybe it's just "too complicated" or "not possible" for me to not just carry around a separate keyboard, monitor, and laptop to connect to the Linux boxes.
Consider using SSH to manage the other machine:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFz7Lp8Qjk