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Friday, January 04, 2008

Synergy2 - Multiple computers, one set of input devices

I've run across far too many people who have two sets of keyboard/mice that they use on a regular bases. There is a solution to this, and it's called Synergy.

Just download it, install it on a couple computers, and you can share a single keyboard/mouse across them. They don't even have to be the same platform, I'm right now typing on my OSX laptop through a keyboard plugged into my desktop PC. It works over any IP network. If you have the monitors next to each other you can even mouse between them just like a dual headed display. If you have to switch monitors to view different computers, you can set up a hotkey to do switch your input target.

(This is not a monitor sharing / KVM solution)

Only problem is it ain't encrypted, so be careful if your on a public network. There's ways to pipe it through an SSH tunnel if that's an issue for you.

1 Comments:

  • Where are you getting v2? I only see v1.3.1 on the site you linked to.

    I had been using Synergy between two PCs but now I am using it between my PC desktop and my Mac Book Pro... it really freaks some of my Mac-head co-workers when the mouse goes from one desktop to another.

    By Blogger Leif Wells, At 1/04/2008 11:46 AM  

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