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rc__buggy via Linux 3 weeks ago • lemmy

Remember x2vnc and win2vnc? What can I use now? [possibly solved]

Basically title. I want to control a bare metal debian machine on a separate monitor (that always has this debian machine) from my windows gaming machine.

Edit: it's called Synergy and the apt package is called deskflow. I'll try it later and see if I can make it work.

This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

just_another_person 3 weeks ago • lemmy

You're not giving specifics, but both KDE and Gnome have their own RDP solutions built-in.

If using another DE, just check for solutions as there are many generic ones. I'd generally be looking for RDP solutions over CNC because of Wayland compatibility.aybe NoMachine is interesting to you.

If you want to forward just single windows, look into XWayland and SSH forwarding X apps.

If you're strictly speaking about console access, then SSH.

rc__buggy 3 weeks ago • lemmy

I want to sit at my windows machine with it's three monitors and move my mouse to a fourth monitor of a Linux machine. x2vnc was great for controlling multiple *nix boxes and win2vnc did exactly what I want to do now but it hasn't been updated for 5 years.

drspod 3 weeks ago • lemmy

I don't know if it's still relevant, but I used to use Synergy to do this.

Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers

Synergy is an app that shares one mouse and one keyboard across multiple computers and monitors. Instant download, easy to setup in minutes.

^symless.com

rc__buggy 3 weeks ago • lemmy

Yes, that looks like it. Account? WTF?

edit: dingdingding! This is the thing. it's called deskflow in apt

Thanks, drspod

This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

rice 3 weeks ago • lemmy

Yea that's their new project they just "started funding". Synergy used to be open source and it went closed source 10? 15? years ago.

Since then several forks have existed. Most notably github.com/debauchee/barrier which died a few years ago and was forked to github.com/input-leap/input-le… which while getting plenty of updates, and merges from the other project.. never released a version for years. I think at that point synergy felt sorry for them and so they changed their repo name from synergy to deskflow github.com/deskflow/deskflow and now they have their open source version lol

I have to assume usage got so stagnant when close sourcing it (it's so insanely niche software, is it not?) that they felt the need to bring it alive again.

GitHub - debauchee/barrier: Open-source KVM software

Open-source KVM software. Contribute to debauchee/barrier development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

pixelpop3 3 weeks ago • lemmy

There's also deskhop which is essentially a pure hardware solution similar to Synergy (helpful when you cannot install software on a machine). You can build your own or purchase parts/pre-built deskhops from elecrow.

github.com/hrvach/deskhop

GitHub - hrvach/deskhop: Fast Desktop Switching Device

Fast Desktop Switching Device. Contribute to hrvach/deskhop development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Nanook 3 weeks ago friendica (DFRN)

Personally, I use x2go to graphically access my servers remotely. It redirects X protocol over ssh and it also short circuits many of the X round trips making it much more responsive than bare X-windows. It also supports sound, remote printing, and file transfers.