[Discuss] share keyboard/video/mouse with 2 desktops

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 07/07/2014 10:29 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:04 AM, John Malloy <jomalloy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What is the easiest way to share keyboard/video/mouse with 2 desktops
>> (Linux & Windows)?
>>
>> Has anyone used this synergy-project:
>>
>> http://synergy-project.org/download/
> Never used.   If all you want to do is share IO hardware, why not just
> get a KVM switch?   Cheapest units are <$25 and
> I would have fewer concerns about software compatibility.   Oh, from
> what I can tell Syngergy doesn't actually share display hardware; it
> only shares keyboard/mouse (as well as providing file transfer, cut &
> paste support, etc.).    It's an interesting idea (and probably a lot
> easier to do then including video), but it doesn't seem to met your
> requirements.
>
Just a comment on KVM switches. I used a Belkin at work, and the video
was not very good. I switched to a Cables to Go unit and was very happy
with it.

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