Comments | euqaz: x2vnc

euqaz

x2vnc - revisited

Nov 27, 2006 16:18

Geeky post to be sure...

On my desk at work I have one Linux workstation and a my Windows laptop in a docking station. They each have a matching 19" Dell LCD monitor attached to them. I also have two keyboards and mice. Of course, I could just get an KVM switch (and probably should - calling helpdesk soon'ish...) but in the interim I am using ( Read more... )

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you could also just try synergy iamdonte November 28 2006, 00:40:25 UTC

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

Re: you could also just try synergy runehog November 28 2006, 01:10:07 UTC

synergy is rad. I've used it to have a windows box on one monitor and a linux box on the other, w/ a single keyboard and mouse. seemed a lot less hairy to get configured than vnc.

Re: you could also just try synergy euqaz November 28 2006, 01:14:55 UTC

I'd never heard of Synergy until now. I started using x2vnc a long time ago and while it's not always a nice system I've just gotten used to how it works. However, my KVM just showed up and now I'm not broadcasting every keystroke over the network. (Speaking of hairy configurations, trying configuring OpenSSH on Windows with Cygwin and then piping VNC over an SSH socket to the Linux system...and then magically making that happen every time the system starts up on both sides...good times)