Any apps for using a tablet as a second monitor?

[Digimer]

Hi all,

I came across this video; https://youtu.be/jwhFr5Ax3Fk

Setting aside the cheese at the end, it actually seems like a
brilliant idea. I wonder if anyone knows of anything like this for using
android tablets as second/third displays on Fedora? This would make dev
work sooooo much nicer!

I generally don't use an external monitor simply because they're not
portable. A tablet or two though... :D

[Mark Haney]

I can't see how 'portable' that would be either. You'd still need a pretty
significant area of space to mount the tablets.  Not to mention, typically,
I use multiple monitors that are bigger for more desktop/console space and
(since, according to my kids, I've been coding since the Earth was cooling)
for magnifying certain items when my eyes are tired.

Personally, I'd never be in a position to require multiple workspaces that
are portable. But, YMMV.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Digimer  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I came across this video; https://youtu.be/jwhFr5Ax3Fk
>
> Setting aside the cheese at the end, it actually seems like a
> brilliant idea. I wonder if anyone knows of anything like this for using
> android tablets as second/third displays on Fedora? This would make dev
> work sooooo much nicer!
>
> I generally don't use an external monitor simply because they're not
> portable. A tablet or two though... :D
>
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[Tom Horsley]

You can certainly get VNC clients for tablets (at least
for android - don't know about ipad), then you could
run a separate VNC session on your computer and access
it with the VNC client on the tablet :-).

[Digimer]

On 29/07/16 03:33 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> You can certainly get VNC clients for tablets (at least
> for android - don't know about ipad), then you could
> run a separate VNC session on your computer and access
> it with the VNC client on the tablet :-).

My goal would be to have it work as a normal second monitor, so that I
could drag windows to/from it.

I think this might be much better for my needs though;

https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Monitors/MB169BPlus/

I'm going to pick one up today and test it. If anyone is interested,
I'll post back with my success/failure (fedora 23 + thinkpad p70). With
luck, it will "just work". If it does, I plan to buy a second one and go
for triple header.

[Digimer]

On 29/07/16 02:28 PM, Digimer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I came across this video; https://youtu.be/jwhFr5Ax3Fk
>
> Setting aside the cheese at the end, it actually seems like a
> brilliant idea. I wonder if anyone knows of anything like this for using
> android tablets as second/third displays on Fedora? This would make dev
> work sooooo much nicer!
>
> I generally don't use an external monitor simply because they're not
> portable. A tablet or two though... :D

Self reply because I found a solution! \o/

I picked up an ASUS MB169B+ (USB-3 version, not USB-C). Getting it to
work was surprisingly easy, but did take a touch of work to sort out. So
I write a little tutorial here for anyone else who might want a similar
setup:

https://alteeve.ca/w/ASUS_MB169B%2B_on_Fedora_23

I now have to sort out mixing hidpi (4k laptop screen) and normal dpi
(ASUS). There is a hint here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/393400/is-it-possible-to-have-two-different-d...
but I've not yet tried it. If I get it setup properly, I'll update the
tutorial.

Cheers and thanks to those who replied earlier. :D