On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:29:04 +1200 Kerry Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Synergy has been a hit with the IT guys at work, it shares the > keyboard and mouse across multiple machines connected by a lan. They > can be linux or windows as well - nice to copy text from a window on > the windows machine to the linux machine or vice versa. Separate > desktops though. > > For single desktop I think you have to have two monitors connected to > the same machine - my laptop has a desktop screen I attach when at > work. Don't think thats what you're after? > > On 18/07/07, Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Windows I've seen a few people plug their laptop into the LAN and use > > it as an extension of their desktop screen. > > > > What's the equivalent in Linux software? > > > > I'm aware of x2x - this allows you to transit between two screens but > > they are separate desktops. I'd like to see one desktop spread across my > > PC display and my laptop. I'd settle for different pages on the same > > desktop; Desktop 1 on the PC, Desktop 2 on the laptop etc. > > > > Vik :v) > > > > I find that X :1 -query otherhost works well enough once the remote client is set up... Steve
