Synergy–one keyboard, two computers
One thing I almost immediately wished for when I started using my linux machine was a way to use my keyboard and mouse with both it and my laptop at the same time. I wanted to be able to move the mouse off the edge of my monitor and onto my laptop’s screen.
It seems I’m not the only one: Synergy, a free, open-source utility, does exactly that; even better, now the machines can share a clipboard, meaning that I can copy stuff easily from one to the other.
It’s also cross-platform, meaning that it would work with two windows computers, two linux boxes, or, as in my case, one of each. Best of all, it’s really easy to set up and use, esp. when you compare it to a lot of other open-source software.
If you’ve got two (or more) computers on your desk, you really ought to check this software out.
October 16th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Thanks! I will try it today, with my PC as main and a notebook as secondary. I like a lot that of cross platform.
February 1st, 2010 at 2:11 am
Really like this post, thanks for writing.