How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k monitors

Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by buybackoff on Thursday September 03, 2020 @01:03AM (#24360938)

For Windows to Windows, InputDirector works flawlessly and is free (but not OSS) for home usage. Barrier works OK, works between MacOS and Windows (where it's the only free choice), but not so stable, has issues with non-English, and latest binary is not signed and no checksum is given on GH. The PowerToy thing just didn't work for me, it's not a finished product but a toy.

Have been using InputDirector to combine a desktop and a laptop everyday for the last 6+ months and am very happy with it.

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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by franga2000 on Thursday September 03, 2020 @06:07AM (#24362494)

> where it's the only free choice

Doesn't Synergy do the same thing, is open source and works on basically all platforms? (I'm talking about Synergy 1, Synergy 2 is a shitshow and I don't know how it's licensed)

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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by buybackoff on Thursday September 03, 2020 @07:50AM (#24363050)

Isn't Barrier a free OSS Synergy? The Synergy I know is paid, 49 for the option with encryption. I even wanted to buy, but rebooted my MacBookAir back in Windows (which I use 99% of time). For the 1% of time Barrier is fine.

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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by skinnymuch on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:05AM (#24363154)

Barrier is a fork of Synergy 1. It works better than synergy 1 anecdotally.

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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by skinnymuch on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:04AM (#24363146)

For only windows, InputDirector is a lot better when I used it 5+ years ago against barrier or synergy 1.

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