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Let's say I have 2 computers.

Computer 1: Runs Linux. Let's say Debian, or Ubuntu, Raspbian, etc if that matters. It controls a nice large display that I'd like to utilize.

Computer 2: We can assume it also runs the same kind of Linux if necessary, though relaxing that assumption to "any major OS like Windows, Apple's OS, or Linux" would be even better.

Thusfar I've been using SSH + an automation shell script I wrote to copy images created by Python/R on Computer 2 to Computer 1 for automatic fullscreen display. This is clunky because it's only jpeg plots created in 1 specific directory with a specific filename pattern.

I would like to improve it to something more like just extending the display. This may sound like a waste of resources on Computer 1, but this is just 1 function Computer 1 will be doing for some of the time.

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Yup: Synergy.

It's been around a while and remains well-recommended. Though, full disclosure, I have not used it myself.

Synergy is a multi-platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) application that allows you to, among other things, use the monitor connected to one computer as though it were a screen connected to a different computer and extend your desktop.

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