Hi Neil
Yep, have used Synergy for some time. Currently have 3 machines
(Vista, OSX and Windows Server 2003) all using the one bluetooth
keyboard/mouse. Worked fine with XP too. Clipboard can be a bit hit
and miss, but generally it works very well. Since upgrading to Vista
I think I have noticed the screen savers now sync as well, albeit I
don't use this feature.
Regards, Matt.
On 27/02/2007, at 1:32 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Has anyone tried this? Good/bad feedback?
<http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html>
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple
computers with different operating systems, each with its own
display, without
special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers
on their
desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the
mouse off the
edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the
systems
into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it
synchronizes
screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen
locking is
enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.
They do say:
The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the
screen saver,
only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not
work), the
cursor won't hide when not on the screen, and there may be
problems with mouse
wheel acceleration. Other problems should be filed as bugs.
I just came upon this today & haven't seen anything about it before
- though
Googling came up with half a million results! - haven't got time to
go there
just now ;)
<http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=firefox-
a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen
-US%3Aofficial&hs=yft&q=synergy+2+mouse+keyboard+Mac
+OSX&btnG=Search&meta=>
So I thought I'd just check out the WAMUG feedback?
Cheers
Neil
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