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I would like to use an old laptop as a monitor for a PC. The PC is currently running Windows 10, but I'm looking to install Ubuntu 18 on it alongside it. I'm also looking to install Ubuntu 18 on the laptop.

Is there any way that this could be made to work with either OS, or even both?

Zersetzor
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I think you are looking for remote desktop capability: https://remmina.org/

Wayne Vosberg
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Since laptops don't have video inputs, either you can

  • Open the laptop to expose the screen connector and manually add an input connector to the ribbon cable from the laptop motherboard to the screen

  • Use software to accept the video from the other PC and display it on your laptop screen. A review of some of those apps is shown here, or you could consider Remmina or ssh -x, as previously mentioned.

K7AAY
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