How Does It Work?





To connect a Raspberry Pi to a laptop display, we can simply make use of WiFi. The Raspberry Pi’s desktop GUI (Graphical User Interface) can be viewed through the laptop display using a wireless connection between the two. There are many software programs available that can establish a connection between a Raspberry Pi and our laptop. We used VNC software to connect the Pi to our laptop.

Installing the VNC server on our Pi allows us to see the Raspberry Pi’s desktop remotely, using the mouse and keyboard as if we were sitting right in front of our Pi. It also means that we can put our Pi anywhere else in our home and still control it.

1- Download Raspbian Image





Before moving to connect our Raspberry Pi to our laptop display, we need an SD card with the OS installed. Many operating systems are available for the Raspberry Pi and most are focused around Linux, but the most popular version is Raspbian. This OS not only provides a fully functional desktop environment with commonly used programs such as chromium and word processing, but it also includes a wide range of programming tools. Since 2015, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has declared Raspbian as the primary operating system for Raspberry Pi and is open source.

To get this OS, go to the Raspbian download page and download the latest Raspbian from there. At the time of updating this tutorial, the latest version is Raspbian Buster.

There are multiple options, but we want to download the fullest featured version. In this case, that version is the Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software. You can download either the torrent or the ZIP.