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



Imagine.....

A windows system with a monitor, a mac laptop. a Linux system with a
monitor. Bouncing from keyboard and mouse is a PITA. Synergy allows you to
connect the mouse and keyboard to one system and seamlessly move the mouse
across all three monitors, and which ever monitor has the mouse, gets the
keyboard.

It "feels" like a single system from a keyboard/mouse point of view.
Granted it is not as tight as it could be, but that would be WAY more work
and be a far bigger project. Like, having windows straddle monitors would
be way cool, but that would be work down to the driver level.


> What about a USB hub and hub switch -- wouldn't that work???
>
> In fact, wouldn't it also allow you to share a printer, backup drive,
> etc??
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> On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 10:14 AM, "markw at mohawksoft.com"
> <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:
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> I have used Synergy on Window, Linux, *and* mac at the same time.
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> It has worked really well for me.
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>> 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/
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> John Malloy
>> jomalloy at gmail.com
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