While enabling SSH, we also enabled VNC. VNC is a tool that enables remote viewing of the Raspberry Pi desktop. Because VNC is already enabled on the Raspberry Pi, download and install VNC viewer (https://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/). VNC viewer is available for all operating systems:
- Log in is very simple. Just enter the Raspberry Pi's username and password:
Login
- It should take you directly to the Raspberry Pi's desktop.
Raspberry Pi desktop via VNC
We came across this nifty trick at https://gist.github.com/gbaman/975e2db164b3ca2b51ae11e45e8fd40a. This is helpful when you do not have a USB Wi-Fi adapter and a USB OTG converter. We can connect the Raspberry Pi's USB-OTG port directly to the USB port of a computer (using a micro-USB cable) and access it via SSH. This is enabled due to the fact that the USB OTG port of the Raspberry Pi Zero enumerates as a USB-over-Ethernet device when connected...