[CS-FSLUG] Synergy, a quite cool tool

[EnzoAeneas]

I have been using it for a couple of years now and even wrote a .NET-based
client as a class project. I should release that sometime...

Kevin James

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Marco Tedaldi <marco.tedaldi at gmx.ch> wrote:

> Good morning everyone
>
> I found a tool which solver a problem i didn't know it was a problem
> until yesterday almost perfectly.
>
> Imagine you're a crazy guy like me havin 2 computers on his desk. One
> desktop computer, running browser, graphic apps, MUA and stuff and a
> notebook which is running the irc-client, instant messenger and browser.
>
> The KEyboard and Mouse of the desktop are directly in front, for
> keyboard and touchpad of the notebook you have to lean over, and you
> can't copy/paste stuff from the MUA or browsers to IRC and vis versa.
>
> That's the way I found synergy which does what I need quite perfectly.
> It does allow to use a single keyboard and mouse to control several
> computers. I know, VNC does this too, but it also makes the screen of
> the notebook obsolete, which is why I'm using more than one computer here.
>
> You can use 2 or more computers and define how the screens are located
> relative to each other. When I reach the defined edge on my main sceen,
> the mouse cursor jumps over the the notebook screen and the keyboard
> entries are directed there too. You're not feeling, that you changed the
> computer (and maybe even OS, since it is multi platform) anymore.
>
> And even the conetents of the clipboard get syncronized. So I can
> copy/paste text and images from one computer to another.
>
> I thought, that this tool might be interesting not just for me, but also
> for some reader here. Check it out!
>
> shalom
>
> Marco
>
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