[ale] OT: Lift up your monitors

[Scott Plante]

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 

----- Original Message -----

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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