Yeah, Synergy sounds like x2x or x2vnc, both of which I had already looked
at.  I will check it out though, thanks for the heads up.

Tim

On 10/31/06, Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com> wrote:
>
> Tim Igoe wrote:
> > It sounds like Synergy would be a better solution to what you are trying
> > to do (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/). I don't use it myself, but I
> > was looking into it when I've sorted my laptop out, to use it as an
> > extension of my screen.
>
> This was actually the first thought that came into my head too, but
> Synergy just lets you use one mouse and keyboard on two computers.
> Meaning that what he will see on the laptop screen will be running on
> the laptop and not on the desktop (which is what the VNC solution would
> effectively do).  Though I will give a shout out to Synergy - it's a
> really awesome utility and I use it a lot!
>
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