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"This software was one of the most important apps on my machines. For those of you who are going to ask 'Well why the hell would you want to do anything
like this and why don't you just buy more keyboards and mice (all of which I
already have)', there was a earlier article about someone needing something similar to this and I don't think a solution was ever found.
I read over the majority of the posts on that thread and it has A lot of suggestions and info.. but none of them close to what this software does. Most of them were very expensive and dependent on hardware.
The software also works with Unix/Linux machines. I tried to contact the company about a newer version, if they were still developing it and so far, no luck. I haven't received a response from them in the 2 years I have been emailing them (about 5 emails). Everything I find on the net is for
the Unix version which also seems to have stopped development. I was also able to find mention of an SGI version, and found a link to the original manufacturer of the Windows version.
For anyone who has multiple computers and would like more desk space, this software is the answer. When I had it working I was basically using a few machines to control about 10 (the number went up and down). I had maybe 3
keyboards/mice on the desktop while all the rest were sitting on top of or next to machines. I had plenty of desktop space and it worked flawlessly. Surprisingly enough, it even worked with a few games. The workflow possible with this was fantastic.. instead of a workspace with multiple monitors I
had a workspace using multiple monitors with multiple machines. Using the full speed of machines with tasks split between them (3D animation production as well as anything else I needed) there was no slowdown because
of a million apps running. Does anyone here at Slashdot have a replacement for this software or knows of any other software that also does this? I think a lot of people out there could use it.
Thanks again for any assistance you may be able to provide."
Re:VNC? (Score:3, Interesting)
1 mouse 10 pcs 10 screens
not
1 mouse 1 screen 10 pcs
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
Re:VNC? (Score:2)
1 mouse 1 screen 10 pcs is what you'll get if you set it up right.
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
Only if you leave the monitors off the other 10 machines, which you CAN do with VNC. The only thing missing is switching systems by moving the mouse past the edge of the screen. Since they're not all running the same program in some cooperative, multi-screen-interactive way, I'd expect he'd be happier not having input suddenly jump when he bumps the mouse unintentionally.
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
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Re:VNC? (Score:1)
From the article:
Instead of using a switch box to control the machines, you use your TCP/IP connection.
Anything else stupid you'd like to say?
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
Re:VNC? (Score:2)
Keep in mind that these suggestions were for x2vnc [hubbe.net] and win2vnc [hubbe.net] . So instead of running a full VNC client (with the remote desktop displayed back to the controlling computer), you are only sending keyboard/mouse events. This is much faster.
I have a Sun workstation at work, from which I am controlling a Linux box on one side (using x2x [debian.org]) and a Mac OS X box on the other side (using x2vnc). There is no lag wha
Re:VNC? (Score:2)
Re:VNC? (Score:2)
The "mousing across screens gimmick" is the whole point! He specifically DOES NOT WANT video - he'll be leaving the monitor connected. The point is to simply move the secondary PC's mouse and keyboard out of the way so that he can use the same set of controls across multiple machines. It's way better than a multi-head PC if you've got a few PCs in use because each monitor is feeding from a different PC and the only thing being transmitted across the LAN is th
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
Re:VNC? (Score:2)
Personally, I'd go for Synergy - it's the easiest to install and configure and VNC seemed to be a bit buggy.
State the obvious (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:State the obvious (Score:1)
Teleffect on SGI IRIX and Windows NT (Score:2)
That's exactly what Teleffect was/is used for... most often with a PC and SGI... two monitors side-by-side, one on each system, one keyboard and mouse. Really easy to just move the cursor and type on either display. I know lots of folks that still use it, albeit with SGI IRIX and W
Synergy (Score:5, Informative)
Thank you, drive through.
Re:Synergy (Score:5, Informative)
I've been using this for a bit under a year now. I have to linux boxes, monitors side by side, and it works beautifully.
I also run it on my laptop, and when I plug my network into the laptop. suddenly it becomes a third device.
For the occasion that I need to reboot into windows and play some games, synergy also works there!
I just can't say enough good things about this program.
Re:Synergy (Score:2, Interesting)
Re: insecurity (Score:2, Informative)
Come on, did that really have to be pointed out?
Re: insecurity (Score:4, Informative)
synergy is a great program, i just wish someone ported it to beos as well
and really, this is the thing the guy was looking for anyways though i must confess that bumping into synergy is a bit tricky, though with google search "windows linux keyboard sharing tcp" you would find synergy on the 3rd page.
also i don't see anybody yet mentioning the clipboard somewhat functionality(copypaste between screens/os's).
Re:Synergy (Score:3, Interesting)
Thank You
I used to use Teleffect so I could share my mouse / keyboard between my PC and my SGI IRIX box. This looks exactly the same except it works with Linux too. Excellent.
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Synergy2 (Score:1, Redundant)
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VNC (using x2vnc, for linux) (Score:5, Informative)
It's all very cool.
I think there's a vnc2vnc (or something like that) that allows this to be used amongst multiple windows desktops.
Re:VNC (using x2vnc, for linux) (Score:1)
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VNC + Win2VNC (Score:3, Informative)
Re:VNC + Win2VNC (Score:2)
I have a Solaris box and A Windows box sitting side by side. [win][sol] If I move the mouse to the right, it pops up on the solaris box, I use my 1 keyboard 1 mouse, on 2 systems (2 monitors).
Its like having a dual monitor setup, but one monitor runs another OS. (linux/macos/bsd or another windows box, amiga, beos, etc...)
Only problem, alt-tab locks the vnc session. And its plain VNC, not tight.
Remote Desktop (Score:1)
Why spend the money on a bunch of monitors and the software to control them when you get it for free?
If you must use 2K then I suspect you'll have to use vnc (although remember that all network traffic is unencrypted by default with vnc.)
Yet another possibility would be to use VNC, but then a Linux box as a the controler so that you could just
Re:Remote Desktop (Score:2)
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Have you even read the original post? (Score:3, Interesting)
Picture this: You have two PCs. You also have two sets of mice and keyboards. So, put Synergy/xVNC (or similar) on both machines, pack away the mouse and keyboard for the second PC, and when you move your mouse cursor off the edge
Re:Have you even read the original post? (Score:1)
Now can you give me a good reason why you should use the extra power verses using vnc (via ssh to ensure that the master passwords are not sent out unencrypted.)
The only
Re:Have you even read the original post? (Score:2)
Well, you obviously haven't read any of the other replies, otherwise you'd know that you can do exactly what he wants using xVNC or Synergy, both of which are free.
When I'm coding using PHP/ASP or whatever, it's very often useful to be able to see the results at the same time as the code - thus, two monitors.
Re:Remote Desktop (Score:1)
win2vnc - x2vnc (Score:1)
info at http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/
Re:win2vnc - x2vnc (Score:1)
[ Screen A |] [ Screen B|] [ Screen C]
"|" denotes the area where it switches to the other computer. Network lag might be a problem if you get have too many systems though.
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win2vnc may work (Score:1)
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netop (Score:1)
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Netopia - Timbuktu (Score:1)
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VNC? (Score:1)
Re:VNC? (Score:1)
Oh, sure, now you tell me! (Score:1)
Okay, a clearer explaination (Score:5, Informative)
You have 3 PCs all in constant use, all with keyboard and mouse (KM for future ease), and you want to control all 3 from the same KM combo. You could connect all three monitors to one PC and run 2 copies of VNC to view the other two desktops, but that would consume network and CPU resources. So:
1) Leave all 3 monitors connected and move them next to each other.
2) Run Synergy or similar on all 3 PCs, setting the middle PC as the Server.
3) Put the two other PC's KMs somewhere out of the way.
4) Now, your KM for the middle PC will work as normal, except when you reach the side of the desktop with your mouse cursor, it will move off that PC's desktop and onto the desktop of the adjacent PC.
5) Now you have what looks like a PC with 3 monitors connected, except the two side monitors are running on individual PCs, controlled by the master PC's KM. Each PC can do its own thing, but can be controlled as easily as the centre PC.
Re:Okay, a clearer explaination (Score:1)
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