"Virtual" KVM switch
Synergy is a cool piece of software which acts a KM (Keyboard and Mouse) switch between multiple computers each having their own monitors. It creates something similar to an "extended desktop" - the difference being that the different monitors constituting the extended desktop are attached to different computers.
It works on a client-server model - the server running on one of the computers and the clients on all other computers. It uses TCP/IP (port 24800) for communicating mouse/KB events. Works on Windows, Debian, Linux and OSX.
The website is http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
It will probably be convenient to have synergy start automatically when your machine boots up. Detailed instructions for this can be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=48196 (the instructions are not specific to ubuntu - rather they use gdm scripts - so it works on any Linux machine running gdm)
It works on a client-server model - the server running on one of the computers and the clients on all other computers. It uses TCP/IP (port 24800) for communicating mouse/KB events. Works on Windows, Debian, Linux and OSX.
The website is http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
It will probably be convenient to have synergy start automatically when your machine boots up. Detailed instructions for this can be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=48196 (the instructions are not specific to ubuntu - rather they use gdm scripts - so it works on any Linux machine running gdm)
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