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I'd love some kind of quick method to move my entire second screen, primary keyboard, and mouse, with one keybind to my Mac instead of my Windows machine and vi
by Fnoord 3y ago
I'd love some kind of quick method to move my entire second screen, primary keyboard, and mouse, with one keybind to my Mac instead of my Windows machine and vice versa. I don't need multiplexing, I'd even be OK with keeping pointer as-is. But two keyboards on my desk, it is too much. One solution I've found is USB2BT with different Bluetooth profiles. A KVM could also work, but I require 4k HDMI and USB. The KVMs I've found are too expensive for my liking.
Also, with practice of keybinds in screen/tmux/zellij you can achieve something which approaches what is written in this article. With a good DE, you can even run two applications together on the same screen, or on two screens, or more.
And I knew people who were running three monitors, keyboards, and mice on one computer back in the end of 90s, using XFree86. I used to run two fullscreen X servers myself on the same monitor, one for gaming. If it would crash, and least my whole DE wouldn't die with it. Usually. If it was a kernel crash I was SOL.
- Szpadel 3y agoI can recommend you KVM from level1tech, I'm using personally version 2DP x 4Computers, but recently I saw they offer 4computers KVM without monitors version, I have no idea what magic they use to know when your cursor reached edge of the screen but it looks exactly what you described is your need
- Fnoord 3y agoThanks for the suggestion. Yep, I looked them up. That seems about the only brand I'd have trusted (need high performance HDMI/DP), but the price is too high for my liking. We're looking at 300+ USD w/o tax. I've gone with a docking station [1] for my MBP because it also has 100W PD (a big pro as it saved me from buying another power adapter). I put my monitor from DP to HDMI1 and it works. Since it is China ware I don't use the ethernet port. YMMV! And I still have to use the second keyboard. Which sucks. Perhaps I could retry Barrier specifically for that. I also haven't thought of sound yet. On the PC I use a Logitech headset with a user serviceable battery. It uses a proprietary USB-A dongle. [1] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005300851711.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005300851711.html (the 'pro' version, and no I didn't buy it because of the lame LED strip but because it was a good price/performance thingy. I did read reviews on docking stations before I purchased)
- antonjs 3y agoNot quite the same thing but Barrier and Synergy can make two computers share a mouse and keyboard multi monitor style over a network (ie, you they switch when you mouse over the edge of one screen).
- Fnoord 3y agoTried it. Couldn't get it to work reliable (something with it getting stuck to one or the other? I forgot). Latency was noticeable but OKish. Thanks for the suggestion tho.