How do i use my old laptop(which has manjaro installed) as another display?

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so… i have 2 laptops… a new (currently using) and an old one which is about 10 years old right now

how do i get like dual monitors with the two laptops???
any ideas?

thanks.

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Typically laptops don’t have HDMI or VGA inputs so it’s likely impossible. As for other connectors (DVI etc) I am not sure but I presume it’s a similar situation. I tried doing this exact thing a few years ago and discovered that neither of my laptop’s HDMI or VGA ports would do the job.

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mhm thanks for the info…

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Hi. Though you can’t connect other laptop directly, I guess you can try to configure X to use its monitor over network. I didn’t use that myself, but you can read about several options here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Extreme_Multihead#Extending_a_desktop_beyond_the_local_system

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