KshGoddess's Journal: Did I ever tell you how nice it is to have Synergy?

Ah, Synergy. How I love thee. Let me count the ways... um... Your crossing monitors on multiple platforms saves me from having to use the awful 2-port switchbox, and type 'scroll lock-scroll lock'. Your ability to be tunneled through ssh gives me the security that I crave. Your... um... cross-platform copy-paste (which usually works) lets my spirit run free!

Ok, so I've been running synergy for about... a month now. I have both a linux desktop (redhat 9) and a windows desktop (2000 pro). Side by side, I have two monitors. On the left (no, your OTHER left), I have Windows. On the right, I have Linux. One keyboard to rule them all, one mouse to, something something.

I was the hero of the group when I found it, installed it, and made it work. Yes, there are a couple of bugs in it, but for the most part, it keeps the annoying be-beeping noises to a minimum.

I'm running the 'server' bit on my linux box, and the 'client' bit on my windows box. Although it works either way, I have sshd on my linux box, and therefore I can tunnel using an ssh client (including puTTY) all of my keystrokes. And mouse movements, too, but I seriously doubt anyone's interested in those.

I was looking for the SGI-NT version of similar software (called TelEffect), but couldn't find it. The company, I believe, is out of business. This is similar in form and function. And it's free as in beer, as well as in speech. :P

The coolest thing, when it works, is that you can lock both screens at the same time. I prefaced it with 'when it works' because it has stopped working for no reason that I can find.

Edit: corrected link to synergy.

Synergy

[Tet]

Sounds great. I've been considering a KVM for a while, but I've been holding off because I absolutely hate the things -- they never work correctly, and are a poor substitute for a real computer. The sole reason for their existence seems to be that PC hardware doesn't have a proper serial console. But anyway, the sourceforge site appears to be just an empty directory listing. I think you meant http://synergy2.sf.net [sf.net]

Re:Synergy

[KshGoddess]

thx. yeah, synergy kicks ass. it's nice to keep a kb/mouse/kvm/something for when it decides to stop working, though. :(