[geeks] KVM revisited

nate at portents.com nate at portents.com
Tue Oct 2 13:02:13 CDT 2007


> The two computers will be a Mac and a PC.  The PC will run Windows for
> games, and experimental OSs, mostly UNIX, for development work.  It's
> the one most likely to change a lot, which is why I worry about KVM
> limits and USB.
>
> Of course, as I said, it has an nVidia chipset, which seems to cause grief
> for a lot of KVMs, especially IOGear.

Though it's not a KVM, have you considered Synergy?  (You'd need monitors
for each system but could share one keyboard and mouse between them
seamlessly.)

I think it's pretty slick - supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris,
IRIX, etc.

http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

- Nate



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