Looking for Software KWM

[OLLI_S]

Hello,

is here (on DonationCoder) a software available, that allows me to control multiple Computers with ONE mouse and ONE keyboard?
I know there are many tools available on the market, I just wonder if there is something available here.

Greetings

OLLI

[Ath]

Nope, usually request like these are directed toward one of the free solutions available.

[MilesAhead]

You can probably find some on www.sourceforge.net.

Depending on your setup and usage you may be better off with a hardware switch.  For instance if you do software development you may frequently hose the software switch.  The hardware switches can lock up too but not as easily.

I only owned one.  A Belkin kvma 2 PC switch.  Since I used PS/2 wired mouse and keyboard it was totally powered by those connections.  I think it lasted me over 10 years.  Not bad for around $60.

[40hz]

Synergy is probably the most popular software for this in the Windows environment - although some people (myself included) had problems getting it to work reliably. It's no longer free however. They now charge $10 for it.

+1 w/Miles above.  I also use (and prefer) a hardware KVM switch.

[OLLI_S]

Hello,

I started using ShareMouse that allows me to use one keyboard and one mouse for multiple devices.
You can find it here: http://www.keyboard-and-mouse-sharing.com/de/index.html

For me a hardware KVM is not a good solution, because I like the feature to copy text via the clipboard to my laptop and to drag and drop files between PCs.

I just wanted to know if something is offered here before I start searching.

Greetings

OLLI

[Renegade]

I've been using Synergy for a long time now, and it's worked quite well.

Synergy is also GNU/GPL, and people are free to distribute it.

[OLLI_S]

Hello,

the only problem I have with Synergy is that I can not test it before I buy it.
Spending $10 and then recognizing that it is the wrong tool is not an option for me.

Greetings

OLLI

[Renegade]

the only problem I have with Synergy is that I can not test it before I buy it.
Spending $10 and then recognizing that it is the wrong tool is not an option for me.

I hear ya. If I can't try it, I certainly won't buy it. Period. It's often better to set up a VM then download a warez version and try that. (Or just move on and try something else.)

I've downloaded the Win-64x and OSX-10.9 installers and uploaded them for you here:

http://cynic.me/ Synergy.zip

Let me know when you've downloaded them so I can remove the file.

[MilesAhead]

For simple text and file clipboard copy I used this for a while:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/netclip/

Free but a bit quirky.  There are more sophisticated ones around for sure. 

[OLLI_S]

Hello Renegade,

Let me know when you've downloaded them so I can remove the file.

Thank you, I have downloaded it.
Will test it tomorrow, when I have more time.

Greetings

OLLI

[4wd]

Microsoft has Mouse Without Borders - while each computer requires a monitor, IIRC, you could drag and drop files from one to the other easily by just moving the mouse across the monitor edge to the next monitor (computer).

[Curt]

Microsoft has Mouse Without Borders 

-bravo!