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This is indeed cool. A lazier and less efficient solution for those that don't want to take apart the computer is synergy (https://symless.com/synergy https://

This is indeed cool. A lazier and less efficient solution for those that don't want to take apart the computer is synergy (https://symless.com/synergy https://symless.com/synergy and https://github.com/symless/synergy-core https://github.com/symless/synergy-core) which lets you share keyboard/mouse and clipboard over multiple computers.

loloquwowndueo 6y ago
I got the impression the assumption is the laptop is otherwise dead (fried motherboard perhaps) and the screen is the main salvageable component.
bayesianbot 6y ago
Since synergy is currently asking money for their main product, I've changed to fork called barrier ( https://github.com/debauchee/barrier https://github.com/debauchee/barrier ). But +1 for the recommendation, so easy to set up and it works so well it feels like magic when using for first time.
walrus01 6y ago
Synergy's commercial nature of their product is weird and wrong, use barrier instead. https://github.com/debauchee/barrier https://github.com/debauchee/barrier
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
  Can you expand on why you think it's weird and wrong to charge for software? I'm not a developer and I first discovered Syngerg about 10 years ago when I was working physical infrastructure and physical security in a data centre, and used it across my work provided Windows desktop and my personal (BYOD) Macbook Air. If I recall correctly I was able to use it for free initially, but as soon as I discovered I could pay for it I did.
  - walrus01 6y ago
    In the specific case of Synergy, because it was originally open source and free. The people using the name Synergy now have sort of hijacked it. Synergy originated at SGI.
    - TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
      Fair point, thanks for the response.
    - ddalex 6y ago
      Isn't often heard around HN that it's ok to charge for Open Source software ? If you don't want to pay for it, you're free to choose not to, but if others want to pay, what's in it for you? BTW the parts of Synergy that were Open Source are still Open Source, so you're free to download those and build them yourself if you so choose.
      - j4yav 6y ago
        They don’t make it very easy to do so - my understanding is that’s essentially what Barrier is (making it easy to use the open source parts of Synergy).

loloquwowndueo 6y ago

I got the impression the assumption is the laptop is otherwise dead (fried motherboard perhaps) and the screen is the main salvageable component.

bayesianbot 6y ago

Since synergy is currently asking money for their main product, I've changed to fork called barrier ( https://github.com/debauchee/barrier https://github.com/debauchee/barrier ). But +1 for the recommendation, so easy to set up and it works so well it feels like magic when using for first time.

walrus01 6y ago

Synergy's commercial nature of their product is weird and wrong, use barrier instead. https://github.com/debauchee/barrier https://github.com/debauchee/barrier

TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
Can you expand on why you think it's weird and wrong to charge for software? I'm not a developer and I first discovered Syngerg about 10 years ago when I was working physical infrastructure and physical security in a data centre, and used it across my work provided Windows desktop and my personal (BYOD) Macbook Air. If I recall correctly I was able to use it for free initially, but as soon as I discovered I could pay for it I did.
- walrus01 6y ago
  In the specific case of Synergy, because it was originally open source and free. The people using the name Synergy now have sort of hijacked it. Synergy originated at SGI.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
    Fair point, thanks for the response.
  - ddalex 6y ago
    Isn't often heard around HN that it's ok to charge for Open Source software ? If you don't want to pay for it, you're free to choose not to, but if others want to pay, what's in it for you? BTW the parts of Synergy that were Open Source are still Open Source, so you're free to download those and build them yourself if you so choose.
    - j4yav 6y ago
      They don’t make it very easy to do so - my understanding is that’s essentially what Barrier is (making it easy to use the open source parts of Synergy).