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From: Chris Townley <news@cct-net.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Laptop as KVM to access RasPi
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:33:17 +0100
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On 11/07/2025 22:20, mm0fmf wrote:
> On 11/07/2025 09:29, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> writes:
>>> vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
>>>> If I connect the RasPi to my laptop by USB is there any software
>>>> which allows my laptop to be KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse)?  PuTTY may
>>>> work, but it doesn't have graphics.
>>>
>>> I recall PuTTY having some X11 extension, but I use VNC which, I
>>> suspect, is LAN/WiFi only.
>>
>> PuTTY can do X11 forwarding over SSH, but you still need to provide an X
>> display.
>>
> For Windows, Mobaxterm does all you need in a point and click way.
> 

Except it is crippleware, or nagware

-- 
Chris