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I use VNC on my laptop via a hard wired network cable when I am in bed and need to check something on the office PC upstairs (sounds Irish, but it's a bungalow). It works fine. However, I'd like a permanent PC console in the workshop, and maybe one in another room. I am more than happy being able to operate the main PC from what is effectively a second screen and keyboard. Is VNC the best or only way to achieve this? What level PC is needed to run VNC? Could I, for example, have a very cheap and cheerful tiny PC running maybe Linux with just enough stuff loaded to run VNC, or would it need some powerful processing and a lot of memory? The other PC(s) do not need to have any other functionality other than for them to be effectively duplicates of the main one. Finally, will VNC work ok over one of those network via the ring main 240 volt sockets things, or would it need hard wiring? Ta!