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Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the network

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Re: Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the network

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post #18

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been looking for something like this for ages. I use QubesOS, and copy + paste between HVM(Windows) and paravirtual domains(Linux) just did not work with Windows 10. I previously used a little webserver on a separate VM on my virtual network where I had to go with a browser to copy and paste stuff in a shared chat window. And files were even worse. That solution was not as secure…

Have you tried Synergy? Mostly just works, from my experience.

Not to mention, with the Linux subshell, you have the potential to automate a SSH tunnel or tar | nc.

Just some thoughts about non-3rd party solutions.

Re: Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the network

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post #23

Same, but different: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole Great to copy from any host to another, just by sharing a short secret.

Seconded, and I love magic wormhole. This article's title would be more descriptive as "Network-based shared clipboard"

Re: Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the network

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It's nice that this is open-source, but if it involves an intermediate server anyway, PushBullet also does a great job, and on various platforms: https://www.pushbullet.com/ (No affiliation)

Can you host your own PushBullet server?

No you cannot.

Re: Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the network

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a program out there that will expose a Unix socket as a named pipe or something that can be read to and written from like a file? That way you could take care of this with SSH tunneling. edit: I meant "port", not "socket"! But apparently this is basically what netcat does by default.

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