[Bglug] Libre Desktop keyboard/mouse Sharing Software

[Daniel Eriksen]

Synergy is not proprietary software. It is GPL. The company tries to make it look like you have to buy it, but it is GPL and freely available. It is available in Debian last I checked.

Anyone who wants more information  should read the Wikipedia page which has history and links to the free GPL version.


Dan


On July 14, 2016 10:26:15 AM EDT, Logan Streondj <streondj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>At the previous meeting synergy was suggested to me to split between
>desktops, which certainly does work after login, however it is
>proprietary software.
>
>So I found an even better and libre alternative x11vnc on the remote
>computer, and x2vnc on the local one.
>
>Here is a tutorial for setting up so that x11vnc loads at boot-time on
>the remote computer:
>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1868554
>
>Another benefit is that it is usable for setting up VNC on headless
>systems.
>
>For the desktop/keyboard sharing x2vnc is as easy as
>x2vnc -west host:0
>
>Another benefit of it is that the copy buffer survives across screens
>(unlike synergy).
>
>So hope that helps for anyone that wanted an easier and more libre
>keyboard/mouse sharing experience on Linux.
>
>- -- 
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