A normal desktop/laptop, running your usual OS.Power cable and Ethernet cable for the RPi.SD card (16gb more than enough space, but higher access speeds are always appeciated in a boot SD card).Raspberry Pi (I used a RPi 3 Model B for this).I hope they are a little more careful now ! Using VNC is just a little more complicated but you can find out how to set it up here. Nonetheless, Teamviewer’s ease of setup for remote access from the internet and my general use with it day to day, makes it win here since I’m not too fussed about security at the moment. Alternatives would have been any of the VNC flavours, which are particularly attractive in the face of the hacking, and subsequent mishandling of the situation, which TeamViewer suffered last year. First thing is first, and after looking at the possible solutions, I chose to go with TeamViewer for the remote desktop. Whilst linux allows us unlimited control using just a simple SSH, its sometimes nice to have a remote desktop just to manage files and directories, and for the rare occasions we might get lost in the terminal. I thought it would be a great little thing to use as a server for domotics, local websites and what not, so why not put it in a dark little corner and run it headless? And while we are at it, why not have a remote desktop?

I might be projecting, but I believe a large portion of Raspberry Pi’s out there will be currently sitting in their owner’s drawers, not doing much at all since the hype around the device has settled down.

Install teamviewer on raspberry pi