[geeks] program for one keyboard/multiple computers

Rick Hamell hamellr at gmail.com
Sun Mar 9 12:26:19 CDT 2008


> Hi,
> 
> I've seen it discussed here before, but unfortunately I've forgotten
> its name. It's a program that runs on multiple computers, each connected
> to its own display that lets you share a keyboard and mouse between them.
> 
> It looks like you have multiple monitors on one computer, but in reality
> each display is driven by a dedicated computer and the computers can
> be running different operation systems.
> 
> Help, please.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Geoff.

I think you're looking for Synergy:

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

It's essentially VNC. On the main machine you can define which side of the
monitor goes to which computer.

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