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Use mini-pc through my laptop - USB connected

May 7, 2018
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Hello, Is there a mini-pc, compute stick or similar that can be connected (via USB) to my laptop and use the keyboard and screen?

I´ll try to explain me better. I have my Windows office laptop, and I want to use my mini-pc through my laptop. For example, when connecting my mini-pc a window pops up and can view my mini-pc desktop, use it at the same time than using my business laptop but no ethernet/wifi connection, just through USB.

Is it possible? Thank you.

Tomas

 
What you want to do is called remote desktop...it can be achieved using Team Viewer or Google Remote Desktop or even within Windows 10.
 
To clarify a liitle bit my question. Yo can control your android smartphone through USB and software like Vysor (www.vysor.io) or ADB features. I would like to do the same with a linux mini-pc (Odroid, banana pi, etc....).

Anybody knows a software or adb-type features to do so, from a Windows PC?

I keep searching... thaks a lot.