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    [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    Hey Everyone,

    I have a mac and also have a ubuntu as a playaround machine, something to learn on, i only have a small desk tho, is their anyway to control my ubuntu box using my osx keyboard and mouse?

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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    a KVM switch?
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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    A VNC client will do the job, if you want a desktop. Otherwise, ssh will do.
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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    Hm... A housemate used to have a nifty tool to do this on Windows, and I know one exists on Linux... but OSX is a mystery to me.

    You want some kind of VNC desktop extender really

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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    If you have both OS' displaying on different monitors on your desk, and you want to share the keyboard/mouse (reading what you've written correctly?) then an app called 'Synergy2' will fit the bill.

    It can be found at http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - the site has a pretty decent configuration guide for it too.
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    Yeah, that's the bunny!

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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    Thought it might be

    OSX support isn't complete (there are a few of the major issues on the homepage), but it works well enough - I've set it up for a buddy before by following the guide on the website - so it can be done!A
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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    If it only CLI, then you should be able to set up SSH to do that for you.
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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    ive used synergy before Really nifty tool though the last time i used it you had to start it each time on the linux machine manually
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    Re: [Ubuntu] Control Ubuntu with one keyboard, From a Mac

    Thanks all, i will have a look at these

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