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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Cool setup. Is it all working nicely with the Stream Deck & associated bindings?
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Yes only one computer needs to have Windows and run the program. If it detects the USB device being inserted, it changes monitor inputs to the Windows computer. If it detects the USB device being removed, it changes monitor inputs to the Li
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
That is so cool!! Yes I noticed prices had increased a bit over the last couple of years. Perhaps there's a market for yours. Interesting to hear that some USB switchers don't quite work in Linux. I had assumed they were just very
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Synergy is awesome, but unfortunately I can't install it on my work computer due to policy & VPN. The benefit of SimpleKVM is that I just have to run it on my home PC, and I can switch between work and home.
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Nice one. Yes built-in KVMs are great. Btw - if you only have two computers, you can get away with running SimpleKVM on just one of them. Because it can detect a USB device being removed (ie. gone to the other computer) and inserted (arrive
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Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch(github.com)
397 points by fiddyschmitt 3y ago|181 comments
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Can it throttle individual connections like NetLimiter?
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by fiddyschmitt 5y ago
Thanks ranger, I had completely forgotten about ControlMyMonitor.exe. That's how the program originally switched inputs, but was since replaced by win32 calls in MonitorController.cs. I've removed that external dependency and publ
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by fiddyschmitt 5y ago
If you'd like to use a GUI, I wrote SimpleKVM: https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM The GUI makes things (hopefully) a little easier to set up. It was inspired by Haimgel's project. It's nice to be
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by fiddyschmitt 5y ago
Does anyone know how it implements the virtual drive? I can't see any special drivers so it doesn't appear to be dokan/winfsp/winfuse.
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by fiddyschmitt 9y ago
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. An easily digestible summary of information and key figures in its history. Turing's Cathedral (or as my brothers call it: Von Neumann's Cathedral). An awesome account of the history
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by fiddyschmitt 10y ago
What software does he use?