Yes I have a DIY Start9 on a super capable mini PC. Using my primary PC as a terminal and running Sparrow. I’ve had no issues connecting via Electrum for connecting wallets, and using a 3 TB backup USB drive connected to my Start9 for doing routine backups but I think this Webtop Linux VNC might be incapable of recognizing USB devices from what I can see in the documentation.

The main reason I was interested in embarking on this exercise was as a way of having a backup deployment of Sparrow if my primary PC terminal ever goes down I can just connect to my mini PC Start9 from another computer (after sharing the SSL cert) without necessarily having to run sparrow on the second computer. Like if I ever have to just toss my Start9 in a bag and leave.

I am also thinking I might just set up a dedicated largely offline Linux laptop as a more portable backup deployment of Sparrow. The end goal being to never be without the ability to conduct transactions from cold storage if my main PC goes down.

I’m just starting to research switching all of my BTC stuff over to Linux because I am so done with Microsoft’s privacy violations. I’m thinking a laptop might be an easier way to go.

I can’t find any crossover access between the Webtop file system and the file system storage for the rest of the apps like Sparrow. I imagine that segregation is by design.

I wouldn’t burn a bunch of time on it but I was just doing it as an experiment because I like fucking around with this stuff. Thanks for the comment. There is very little documentation on novel uses of some of this software.