[TriLUG] Synergy (virtual KVM)

[Michael Thompson]

Oh yeah, almost forgot:  It is *not* a secure application, everything is
transmitted between the machines in clear text.  IIRC the author is
promising a future version with some form of encryption.  Aside from
this, its a decent app.

--mike

On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 12:24, Michael Thompson wrote:
> I have.  Its nice, very simple to configure, and works well under
> Linux.  The Windows version also works, but seems to have a few issues. 
> If you are controlling the 'client' pc and the connection is cut, then
> it does not seem to recover well (IIRC).  This may be an issue for Linux
> as well, but I have not run in to it.  I use it at home with 2 pc's
> sitting side by side.  Its like running a dual monitor system.  Cut and
> paste also work between the two machines, which comes in handy if I use
> one machine to look up reference materials (perl lately) and would like
> to copy and paste code.  I would be curious to see how it works between
> a Windows and Linux machine...
> 
> --mwt
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 12:11, John Turner wrote:
> > Has anyone used this: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html
> > 
> > It seems to allow you to control several machines (each with an 
> > attached monitor) but with only one keyboard/mouse. Linux, Windows, 
> > Solaris are currently supported.
> > 
> > John
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Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>
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