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Originally Posted by pmrid
No doubt about it Brendan, that Pi looks great - and I suppose it is inevitable that it has to run a Linux of some flavour. Pity that - over the years, I have loaded 10 or more Linux's on different machines and announced with gusto that THIS TIME I will master it. I never have.
Great embarassment all 'round. But I admit it. I am a LInux luddite.
Peter
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Hi Peter, I am looking at the possibility of using a Pi as VNC. Some one has made it into a small laptop knock-off,
see here, but, IHO this defeats the purpose unless you want a small low power field computer.
I was thinking something like remote desktop control,
here (just run Pi over Ethernet, no KB or mouse needed (except in controller computer)), or VNC,
here, with Putty.
It appears that others have similar ideas using what called
INDI...which I think is like an ASCOM protocol over VNC. I'm not sure of anything on this but it looks like this is all set-up to run a Pi over VNC controlling instruments over Ethernet. Some drivers are already working but ATM it is immature.
However all said..this looks promising and IMHO is the way of the future...put a small computer like the Pi on your OTA and control everything connected to this via VNC Ethernet back to a main computer. The Pi gives wireless, LAN, USB control ....plus much more in a very small package (~6cm x 8cm) and low cost.
Maybe this deservers its own thread?
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I forgot to say what I know of Linux etc......you could write it all down on the back of a postage stamp!
