WinstonSmith Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ Didn't realize that this even existed. But it is neat. It allows you to share monitors over different os's. It gave me issues with my mac book, but it still worked. Here is my work laptop with one of my net books attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I use at work every day. Has some minor issues, but works fantastic most of the time. Please consider security, it has none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Nothing stopping you from tunneling it over ssh, which realistically you should be doing anyway with the quality of security in most applications like this, like remote desktop. Although I assume that it doesn't send keys and mouse movements over the network if they are on the machine they are plugged into, so you could just make sure you do anything sensitive on that machine, although this relies on the user remember this. Perhaps one day I'll have my Linux, Windows, Mac setup running all at the same time, 3 Mac mini's would be awesome for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ive Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Perhaps one day I'll have my Linux, Windows, Mac setup running all at the same time, 3 Mac mini's would be awesome for that. This is exactly what I am doing. I have a 6 monitor array and 2 monitors dedicated to each system. I use synergy to do the controlling. I really don't think the lack of security is a big deal if you are the only one using your local network. But just to be extra safe I went ahead and utilized the 2nd lan interfaces in my motherboards by plugging all 3 machines into their own switch which is offline from the rest of the network. I then setup static IP's for those interfaces that are on a separate subnet and used those addresses for synergy. I posted a picture of the setup in this other thread: http://hak5.org/forums/index.php?s=&sh...st&p=124988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 This is exactly what I am doing. I have a 6 monitor array and 2 monitors dedicated to each system. I use synergy to do the controlling. I really don't think the lack of security is a big deal if you are the only one using your local network. But just to be extra safe I went ahead and utilized the 2nd lan interfaces in my motherboards by plugging all 3 machines into their own switch which is offline from the rest of the network. I then setup static IP's for those interfaces that are on a separate subnet and used those addresses for synergy. I posted a picture of the setup in this other thread: http://hak5.org/forums/index.php?s=&sh...st&p=124988 Yeah, but I wouldn't go for a hackintosh, not for developing code for the OS X platfrom. Also I recognize the background on the screen in the top right, used to have it myself, looks create in hi-res. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gEEEk Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Indeed. Synergy is a great tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 They covered this in season 1 or 2 I think. I think it was Darren that did a segment on it. I tried it back then, but have no need for it now since I have dual monitors on the GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L337G33K Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 There is a lot of great stuff in sourceforge. FOSS ROCKS !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I have used it since i had two computers... I don't think i can live without it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shonen Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 A mate of mine was showing me this program in class the other day and highly recomended it for my current setup. After seeing it in action I will be adding this app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I either SSH or rdp into my boxes as they run as headless units. I have dual monitor so i just use my 22"when I am in another machine. Plus my servers are set up with multiple desktops (Check out sysinternals for server 03 if you aren't aware). Synergy is a great app but I game on my main rig so don't need to swap inbetween machine for that purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ive Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Yeah, but I wouldn't go for a hackintosh, not for developing code for the OS X platfrom. Also I recognize the background on the screen in the top right, used to have it myself, looks create in hi-res. Originally I had a core2 Mini and I triple headed the linux box however the mini was so slow compared to the other boxes that I found myself rarely using it for anything. Also I wanted to dual head the mac and make it an even 2x2x2 for each computer. So I was looking at the mac pro's but the price was really hard to swallow. I have seen the latest generation quad core xeon mac pro's score just under 200 on xbench, and my hackintosh which is around $900 worth of hardware (including 200 for efix) scores a 211, My core2 mini score is 83. Ever since I built this thing it has been my go-to machine for most tasks. I really like the OS and I have not had any stability issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalioGladius Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I use it every day at work....best thing since slicing bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I prefer multiple monitors and remote session on each one, but synergy has been a great help in the past. Better than a million cables from kvms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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