Re: [PLUG] synergy gotcha

[Michel van der List <plug@vanderlist.com>]

Floss weekly had a show on it. I use and like it (sharing across my main Linux box and a windows laptop), but keep in mind that there are some security implications with it, from the FAQ:

Q. How secure is the application?
Well, not very, but we're working on it (see issueÂ#13). In the meantime, you could look at usingStunnelÂ(cross-platform). One of our targets is to make Synergy run over an encrypted connection. You're safe to use Synergy if you're on a network you trust, such as a LAN which is protected from the internet using a firewall.

Michel

On 11/04/2011 09:53 AM, Conor Schaefer wrote:

Big synergy fan here. I use at work (so I can pull out my laptop if I need to, and seamlessly use my desktop's mouse and keyboard) and also at home, so that I don't have to plug in big monitors or USB cables on my laptop when I set it on my desk.

Michael, I don't quite understand what you're trying to do, but it might not be in the feature set of synergy. Basically, synergy would allow you to use keyboards and mice from any computer and share them across the network. That way, you can mouse seamlessly onto other screens, which are (this is important) hooked up to other computers. It doesn't allow window sharing or anything like that, but in effect, it's nearly as good!

Make sure to read carefully the documentation on how to create conf files, because that's usually the problem with initial setup.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Matt Berlin <arkestra@gmail.com> wrote:

using synergy at work -- works great.

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On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:

this looks neat. I can't seem to get it working however. I have a desktop computer with 2 displays running linux mint, and one of the displays is an hdtv hooked up with hdmi. I have a debian netbook hooked up to the hdtv on another input with vga. I have a monitor on the left and the hdtv on the right. I want to be able to use the input button to switch the hdtv display to the netbook, and be able to share the keyboard and mouse from the desktop to the netbook with the hdtv by moving the cursor on the monitor (left) to the right. Is this possible? Am I crazy for wanting to do this?Â

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:38 PM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:

I love this app. ÂIt allows me to use one keyboard and mouse on two systems, regardless of OS.

However, Synergy *does not like* Vmware or VirtualBox on linux or a less reliable OS. ÂI have little trouble figuring out why, but that doesn't make it any less of a PITA. ÂvSphere client's Open Console function is fairly useless too.

grumble grumble....



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