Raspberry pi is finally a linux running in a small hardware and running a vnc server on it wouldn't be a problem. Well, I wanted to use my laptop's screen and and keyboard to control my raspberry pi. The only method I found viable is by running a VNC server on my raspberry pi and connecting to it via a VNC client. VNC servers allow remote access to GUI of a given computer. To start a VNC server on your Raspberry pi you first need to install a VNC server on it: $ sudo apt-get install tightvncserver Now run the service by typing the following: $ tightvncserver Type a password (keep it simple). To run the server type: $ vncserver :1 Just keep it at :1 because :0 is occupied by the default screen. Now, install a VNC client on your laptop (e.g. RealVNC or TightVNC). To connect to the pi type the IP address of the pi followed by :1 and enter the password you gave to your pi. ...
