[ale] OT: Lift up your monitors

Matt Hessel matt.hessel at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 18:03:07 EDT 2012


Yeah synergy is awesome.  The newer versions have been working really well
for me.

I'm glad they picked up development, as it was stagnant for many years.
On Oct 16, 2012 12:05 PM, "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

> I have two monitors on my desk, but I use a completely different system
> :-) My primary desktop is Linux, where I do all my development and most of
> my work, but I also have a need for a Windows box for certain things. So I
> have two desktops, two monitors, but one keyboard & mouse. I use Synergy to
> share them between the two computers. I can cut in Windows and paste in
> Linux, or vice versa. When my mouse pointer moves off the left edge of my
> Linux box, it appears on the right edge of the Windows, and wherever the
> mouse is, the keyboard is also directed to. You can also use the keyboard
> to switch, but I rarely do. It works well for me. I've been using it for
> years through various iterations, from the original Synergy, to Synergy2,
> and now back to the Synergy name at its new home.
>
> I just use the version in the repository on Linux, but you can find
> Windows and MacOS (and the latest Linux version) here:
> http://synergy-foss.org/
>
> Scott
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Michael Trausch" <mike at trausch.us>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>,
> "Mike Harrison" <cluon at geeklabs.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 16, 2012 9:44:45 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] OT: Lift up your monitors
>
> I would need something that'd work for any card... I stopped using nvidia
> due to, err, "unreconcilable differences", namely that the binary driver
> crashed every time I sneezed and the open source one didn't work. Switched
> to ATI, err, AMD, using the KMS-enabled radeon driver and haven't looked
> back.
> On Oct 16, 2012 9:07 AM, "Mike Harrison" <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
>
>> > You have a mixed Xinerama + multi-X-screen configuration?
>> >
>> > How did you do that?
>>
>> Both video cards are nVidia, and I used the nVidia manager, it just did
>> it that way.
>>
>> I'll post a screen shot somewhere if you want to see...
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