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Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by airtonix »

thallada wrote: post #172
sheepscreek wrote: post #122

I’ve been using a software solution for this for over a decade. It’s called Synergy ( https://symless.com/synergy ) and it is fast - switches instantly over wifi and also works across Windows/Mac/Linux.

No one has mentioned ShareMouse yet? ( https://www.sharemouse.com/ ) In my experience it has worked way better than Synergy. I switched after getting fed up with the synergy developers not responding to various multi-year old bugs that made the software unworkable for me (e.g. https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/issues/5992 ). The only downside is that you have to "renew maintenance" to continue receiving updates…

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Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by KETpXDDzR »

55555 wrote: post #232

If anyone wants to team up to commercialize this, I would pay for and handle the plastic injection molding and marketing and at-scale assembly and other things as needed. Email in bio.

If you commercialize this, please take care of this shortcoming:

> Both computers need to be connected and powered on for this to work

That's a deal breaker for me

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by 5Qn8mNbc2FNCiVV »

KETpXDDzR wrote: post #233
55555 wrote: post #232

If anyone wants to team up to commercialize this, I would pay for and handle the plastic injection molding and marketing and at-scale assembly and other things as needed. Email in bio.

If you commercialize this, please take care of this shortcoming: > Both computers need to be connected and powered on for this to work That's a deal breaker for me

How else are you intending it to work without that "shortcoming"?

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by anamexis »

5Qn8mNbc2FNCiVV wrote: post #234
KETpXDDzR wrote: post #233

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you commercialize this, please take care of this shortcoming: > Both computers need to be connected and powered on for this to work That's a deal breaker for me

How else are you intending it to work without that "shortcoming"?

The keyboard and mouse stay locked to whichever computer is on.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by jevogel »

55555 wrote: post #232

If anyone wants to team up to commercialize this, I would pay for and handle the plastic injection molding and marketing and at-scale assembly and other things as needed. Email in bio.

It already exists commercially. Search for boundless or borderless or roaming KM switch.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by archerx »

smokel wrote: post #68
archerx wrote: post #35

Why not use Remote Desktop? I work on multiple computers on one laptop and if your network is fast enough it’s silky smooth. For linux I use VNC and it works well but isn’t as nice as RDP.

In many cases remote desktop is a great solution. However, a hardware based KVM can be preferable for several reasons. Security: remote desktop requires the machines to be on the same network. Performance and compatibility: hardware accelerated rendering often does not play nice with remote desktop.

I have used Remote Desktop through private VPNs and have been able to connect to my workstation from cities away and performance has been good enough to do video editing and some 3D work.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by archerx »

vidarh wrote: post #71
archerx wrote: post #35

Why not use Remote Desktop? I work on multiple computers on one laptop and if your network is fast enough it’s silky smooth. For linux I use VNC and it works well but isn’t as nice as RDP.

Because that doesn't do the same thing. The point is to have two monitors connected to separate machines, and use the same mouse and keyboard to control both of them.

RDP still still like it would be a better solution, one mouse and keyboard for both PCs and not only that you could have both PCs dual screened.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by vidarh »

archerx wrote: post #238
vidarh wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because that doesn't do the same thing. The point is to have two monitors connected to separate machines, and use the same mouse and keyboard to control both of them.

RDP still still like it would be a better solution, one mouse and keyboard for both PCs and not only that you could have both PCs dual screened.

The point is you don't always want both PCs dual screened. I have my setup prepared for both (using Synergy and a KVM switch): Sometimes I need the screens to show each separate machines desktops, but want to be able to quickly switch keyboard/mouse between them. Sometimes I want one machine to occupy both.

For the latter a hardware KVM switch is vastly superior to RDP. For the former, no RDP server/client I know of provides a solution.

Re: DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching

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Post by vidarh »

jevogel wrote: post #236
55555 wrote: post #232

If anyone wants to team up to commercialize this, I would pay for and handle the plastic injection molding and marketing and at-scale assembly and other things as needed. Email in bio.

It already exists commercially. Search for boundless or borderless or roaming KM switch.

Having searched for that, most options I find are either ridiculously expensive, and/or poorly documented or limited. Any suggestion for good ones?

Frankly I'd be far more inclined to pay the "ridiculously expensive" prices for one that is well documented and open, and where the firmware is easily modifiable.

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