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QuickSynergy
Remember SynergyKM, the GUI tool for installing and configuring the open source keyboard/mouse sharing application Synergy? Another pair of developers have released QuickSynergy, an another GUI-based alternative for implementing Synergy.QuickSynergy doesn't actually require the installation of Synergy to work as the binaries are within the QuickSynergy application. All you have to do is download and run QuickSynergy and then configure it via the application. Very nicely done.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
terevos said 1:57PM on 12-01-2005
That's cool and I'm glad they made it. But it doesn't look as good as SynergyKM. Not as many options - can't remap keys, etc. Also, it looks like it has to be open to be run (I'm not sure) - but I much prefer the System Preferences pane to a separate application.
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Daniel Burns said 4:57PM on 12-01-2005
damn... what do i need to do to get this to work? it says everything is running fine, but the mouse does not go to the other computer...?
Do i need to run the original Synergy for this to work? I was under the impression I did not have to?
See version 2:
Version 0.1 (nov ?, 2005)
Only saves the configuration file.
Buttons Star and Stop are disabled.
Version 0.2 (nov 02, 2005)
Synergy2 added to the Application
Saves the configuration file, and executes the server daemon.
Version 03. (nov 04, 2005)
Added the Client
Can run the Client or Server daemon.
Any help? I must be doing something wrong?
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Jason said 5:11PM on 12-01-2005
make sure synergy is running as a client on the other computer. synergy is an awesome app. i used it once with one computer as the server and two laptops. the desktop was a pc, one laptop mac, and another linux. truely a great experience.
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Daniel Burns said 5:16PM on 12-01-2005
yeah i am running as a client on one and server on the main one. I do have a dual monitor setup on the desktop... maybe that's it?
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fabienne said 2:20AM on 12-02-2005
if you want to do it the old-fashioned way, my how-to is here:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000190053747/
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BrianC said 9:00AM on 12-02-2005
I echo terevos comment. This is cute, but I think a preference pane like SynergyKM is the appropriate place for a utility like this. Always on. I leave SynergyKM running on my PowerBook. When I get to work, I plop down the PowerBook, plug in the ethernet and let it sit for ~1 minute. After that time it's connected to it's synergy server and all is well in the world.
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Jehan said 12:27PM on 12-02-2005
I've got Synergy running cross-platform (Windows Server, Apple Client) right now, without one of these nice configuration apps, and I love it. I'll take a look at this at home, but for what it's worth, it is, in my opinion, mandatory that the app lets me remap keys. You wind up losing a lot of functionality without that feature.
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