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Raspberry Pi desktop

LinkOPS 3.0 adds a dedicated Pi Desktop mode for Raspberry Pi devices. Connect over SSH, press the Pi Desktop button and get a graphical, desktop-style management surface — board info, live SoC temperature, throttling history, a full GPIO panel and complete file management — without leaving the app.

  1. 1Enable SSH on your Raspberry Pi: run "sudo raspi-config → Interface Options → SSH → Enable", or place an empty file named ssh on the boot partition.
  2. 2Note the Pi’s IP address (run hostname -I on the Pi) and add it as a device in LinkOPS with device type “Raspberry Pi”.
  3. 3Connect to the Pi over SSH as usual — the session opens a real terminal.
  4. 4Press the “Pi Desktop” button in the session header to enter Pi Desktop mode.
  5. 5The Overview tab loads immediately: board model, serial, hardware revision, live SoC temperature with warning colors and the full throttling history.
  6. 6Open the GPIO tab to read every pin of the 40-pin header and change it in one click — output high/low, input, pull-up and pull-down.
  7. 7Use the Files tab to browse the entire file system over SFTP — open, edit, upload, rename and delete, just like a desktop file manager.
  8. 8Manage processes, systemd services, packages (apt/dnf/apk/pacman), tail logs, inspect network interfaces and run shell commands from the dedicated tabs.
  9. 9Switch back to the terminal at any time from the session header — Pi Desktop shares the same live SSH connection.

Tip

Pi Desktop only appears for devices with type "Raspberry Pi". Servers keep the Server Desktop, and network gear stays in the terminal.

Note

No agent or extra software is needed on the Pi — everything runs over the standard SSH connection.

Note

GPIO requires pinctrl on Bookworm+ or raspi-gpio on older Raspberry Pi OS releases. If the tool is missing, the panel shows exactly what to install.

Warning

Alternate-function pins (I2C, UART, SPI…) are read-only in the GPIO panel. Treat all pins as live electronics — double-check wiring before changing an output.

How to use LinkOPS Desktop

A step-by-step walkthrough from the first install to running commands across your whole network.