Kavin

Ever wanted to use a single keyboard and mouse to control all your computers? Yes! Time to ditch Dual and triple Monitor, boring single OS computers! Yes , Now it’s time for multi-system unified desktops.

Enter the Synergy – http://synergy-foss.org/

Supposed to be a complex, yet is a walk in the park. Let us find out how awesome it is!

Purpose of this guide is to get synergy up and running in a quick way across three major operating systems.  Synergy is running flawlessly for over than 3 months on my 3 systems. Way to go , Developers. Thank you.

Objectives

• Install Synergy2 in three of the major operating systems
  • Windows (7)
  • Mac OS X(Leopard)
  • Ubuntu Linux (10.04)
• Switch the client and server configurations and experiment.
• Auto start the synergy2 at boot (or at GUI login) in all Operating systems.
• Logically configuring the synergy to work flawlessly in Dual and triple monitor systems.

Browse through this guide

1. Planning your Monitor setup (choosing clients and a server).
2. Setup in Windows 7 (Client and server)
3. Setup in Mac OS X (Client and server)
4. Setup in Ubuntu Linux (Client and server)
5. Some example configurations
6. Tips and troubleshooting synergy.
7. The Unity (aka The Happily Ever After)

I will walk you through all the steps except the last one.

Browse through the following pages to learn more about this tool.