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Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by figmert on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @06:00AM (#38780847)
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 by stavros on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:20AM (#38781284)
Input leap was forked two years ago and the Readme still says "we hope to have a release ready very soon", which doesn't sound very hopeful. Too bad, Synergy was always a very useful project.
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by aystatic on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @10:00AM (#38782572)
This announcement was only added to the README in early October[1]. In the meantime you can of course compile it yourself/grab a build from GH actions. I'm sure they would appreciate the testing, especially leading up to release :-)

[1]: https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap/commit/78ca8f1ef7b6...

Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by stavros on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @10:03AM (#38782608)
Oh good, thanks, I will!
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by ddalex on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @07:03AM (#38781175)
Unfortunately there is no simple way of makeing this work on a Chromebook
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by loloquwowndueo on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @08:48AM (#38781870)
I haven’t tried Synergy. barrier and input-leap were useless for me as they don’t capture “ctrl-alt” so my crucial “open a terminal” shortcut always opens it on the primary computer. Maybe Wayland is to blame?
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by elaus on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @09:38AM (#38782328)
Didn't have any problems with X11 and various computers - so maybe it really is Wayland-specific?
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by ElCapitanMarkla on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:13PM (#38798037)
You might have to change the modifier keys on the server config. I have a Linux server and MacOS client, a few minutes trial and error fiddling those settings until I got it all working.
Re:DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching by michaelmior on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @08:02PM (#38788777)
Thanks! I had thought I remembered Synergy being open source. I haven't used it in a while, so it's good to know there's alternatives.