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DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by codetrotter »

Love the intro of the readme.

Also, it may be niche but I had the same thought in the past about this way being the solution for slow switching. Awesome to see someone did all of the work already. Now I just need to find someone selling it on AliExpress so that I won’t even have to lift a finger to have one :D

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by figmert »

michaelmior wrote: post #3

Synergy works well for this purely in software. Unfortunately it's not free or open source, but it's relatively inexpensive. https://symless.com/synergy

Prior to Synergy going to closed source, it was forked into Barrier[0], which then was forked into input-leap[1]. Both open source.

[0] https://github.com/debauchee/barrier

[1] https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by mariopt »

I bought 4 USB hubs just to switch the keyboard and mouse, it's just so annoying how most devices are so terrible. Randomly you have to physically detach the hub several times a day. If you plug webcams and/or USB mics, it only gets even worse.

I'm using Synergy software and it works well, but I still want a proper KVM that can allow for webcams, mics, audio, etc. Features like moving only a group of plugged devices via keyboard shortcuts.

KVM users are underserved for sure.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by rzzzt »

michaelmior wrote: post #3

Synergy works well for this purely in software. Unfortunately it's not free or open source, but it's relatively inexpensive. https://symless.com/synergy

Synergy is open core, these portions are licensed as GPL: https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/#License-1-ov-file

There is an open source fork that branches off version 1.9: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier#what-is-it

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by ccakes »

mariopt wrote: post #6

I bought 4 USB hubs just to switch the keyboard and mouse, it's just so annoying how most devices are so terrible. Randomly you have to physically detach the hub several times a day. If you plug webcams and/or USB mics, it only gets even worse. I'm using Synergy software and it works well, but I still want a proper KVM that can allow for webcams, mics, audio, etc. Features like moving only a group of plugged devices…

> KVM users are underserved for sure.

100%

I want to share keyboard, mouse and monitor between a PC and a MacBook. A KVM with DP+USB on one side and Thunderbolt on the other doesn’t seem to exist.. I feel like this has to be a common use case :(

I know I could break out on a dock first, but I have a particularly high-res monitor which most of the docks baulk at, or only support at 30Hz

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by vladvasiliu »

ccakes wrote: post #8
mariopt wrote: post #6

I bought 4 USB hubs just to switch the keyboard and mouse, it's just so annoying how most devices are so terrible. Randomly you have to physically detach the hub several times a day. If you plug webcams and/or USB mics, it only gets even worse. I'm using Synergy software and it works well, but I still want a proper KVM that can allow for webcams, mics, audio, etc. Features like moving only a group of plugged devices…

> KVM users are underserved for sure. 100% I want to share keyboard, mouse and monitor between a PC and a MacBook. A KVM with DP+USB on one side and Thunderbolt on the other doesn’t seem to exist.. I feel like this has to be a common use case :( I know I could break out on a dock first, but I have a particularly high-res monitor which most of the docks baulk at, or only support at 30Hz

I know it's suboptimal, but can't you do the split on the macbook? The TB port should output pure DP, so you plug that on the DP-in on the KVM. You plug a second USB-only cable that goes to the KVM USB in.
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