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If you got like 3 different computers at home, mac os, linux and pc, and you have triple monitor setup for your pc, is it possible to switch to the other os like a workspace and they should also be able to display properly on triple monitor?
synergy is close, but it needs it's own display,.. it only shares the mouse and keyboard.
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If you got like 3 different computers at home, mac os, linux and pc, and you have triple monitor setup for your pc, is it possible to switch to the other os like a workspace and they should also be able to display properly on triple monitor?
synergy is close, but it needs it's own display,.. it only shares the mouse and keyboard.
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I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
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If you got like 3 different computers at home, mac os, linux and pc, and you have triple monitor setup for your pc, is it possible to switch to the other os like a workspace and they should also be able to display properly on triple monitor?
synergy is close, but it needs it's own display,.. it only shares the mouse and keyboard.
linux windows macos
asked Mar 12 at 22:43
Joey Hipolito
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If you got like 3 different computers at home, mac os, linux and pc, and you have triple monitor setup for your pc, is it possible to switch to the other os like a workspace and they should also be able to display properly on triple monitor?
synergy is close, but it needs it's own display,.. it only shares the mouse and keyboard.
linux windows macos
linux windows macos
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Joey Hipolito
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asked Mar 12 at 22:43
Joey Hipolito
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asked Mar 12 at 22:43
Joey Hipolito
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asked Mar 12 at 22:43
Joey Hipolito
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asked Mar 12 at 22:43
Joey Hipolito
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I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
– Tetsujin
Mar 13 at 7:59
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I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
– Tetsujin
Mar 13 at 7:59
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I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
– Tetsujin
Mar 13 at 7:59
I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
– Tetsujin
Mar 13 at 7:59
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This is the purpose of a KVM switch. KVM switches tie a single keyboard, video/display, and mouse to 2 or more computers. Most switch back and forth by toggling Scroll Lock or an external button.
There isn't an exclusively software solution to this since it requires changing video inputs either via cables themselves or switching input sources on the display.
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
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If you can plug in all your computers into different inputs on all your monitors at the same time, you might be able to get the monitors to switch between the inputs from software using ddc/ci commands.
You could even set up Synergy with the following layout and automatically run your input switcher script when the mouse is entering a different row:
+-----------------+
| | | |
| win | win | win |
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
|linux|linux|linux|
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
| OSX | OSX | OSX |
| | | |
+-----------------+
See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor/861059
See: https://github.com/magdesign/Synergy-monitor-switcher/blob/master/README.md
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
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This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
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You also have the option of leaving at least 2 of them available for Remote Desktop, VNC, or other similar solutions. On MacOS, I use the modern Microsoft Remote Desktop, which lets me copy-paste between multiple Windows RDP sessions.
Of course, you'd have to have the systems set up ahead of time for it, and be fairly stable. If you regularly do hardware changes or access GRUB or clean-sweep OS formats, then KVM is better.
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
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3 Answers
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active
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up vote
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This is the purpose of a KVM switch. KVM switches tie a single keyboard, video/display, and mouse to 2 or more computers. Most switch back and forth by toggling Scroll Lock or an external button.
There isn't an exclusively software solution to this since it requires changing video inputs either via cables themselves or switching input sources on the display.
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
765
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up vote
2
down vote
This is the purpose of a KVM switch. KVM switches tie a single keyboard, video/display, and mouse to 2 or more computers. Most switch back and forth by toggling Scroll Lock or an external button.
There isn't an exclusively software solution to this since it requires changing video inputs either via cables themselves or switching input sources on the display.
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
765
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
This is the purpose of a KVM switch. KVM switches tie a single keyboard, video/display, and mouse to 2 or more computers. Most switch back and forth by toggling Scroll Lock or an external button.
There isn't an exclusively software solution to this since it requires changing video inputs either via cables themselves or switching input sources on the display.
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
765
This is the purpose of a KVM switch. KVM switches tie a single keyboard, video/display, and mouse to 2 or more computers. Most switch back and forth by toggling Scroll Lock or an external button.
There isn't an exclusively software solution to this since it requires changing video inputs either via cables themselves or switching input sources on the display.
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
765
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
765
answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
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answered Nov 21 at 21:53
shawn
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If you can plug in all your computers into different inputs on all your monitors at the same time, you might be able to get the monitors to switch between the inputs from software using ddc/ci commands.
You could even set up Synergy with the following layout and automatically run your input switcher script when the mouse is entering a different row:
+-----------------+
| | | |
| win | win | win |
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
|linux|linux|linux|
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
| OSX | OSX | OSX |
| | | |
+-----------------+
See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor/861059
See: https://github.com/magdesign/Synergy-monitor-switcher/blob/master/README.md
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
If you can plug in all your computers into different inputs on all your monitors at the same time, you might be able to get the monitors to switch between the inputs from software using ddc/ci commands.
You could even set up Synergy with the following layout and automatically run your input switcher script when the mouse is entering a different row:
+-----------------+
| | | |
| win | win | win |
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
|linux|linux|linux|
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
| OSX | OSX | OSX |
| | | |
+-----------------+
See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor/861059
See: https://github.com/magdesign/Synergy-monitor-switcher/blob/master/README.md
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
If you can plug in all your computers into different inputs on all your monitors at the same time, you might be able to get the monitors to switch between the inputs from software using ddc/ci commands.
You could even set up Synergy with the following layout and automatically run your input switcher script when the mouse is entering a different row:
+-----------------+
| | | |
| win | win | win |
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
|linux|linux|linux|
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
| OSX | OSX | OSX |
| | | |
+-----------------+
See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor/861059
See: https://github.com/magdesign/Synergy-monitor-switcher/blob/master/README.md
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
If you can plug in all your computers into different inputs on all your monitors at the same time, you might be able to get the monitors to switch between the inputs from software using ddc/ci commands.
You could even set up Synergy with the following layout and automatically run your input switcher script when the mouse is entering a different row:
+-----------------+
| | | |
| win | win | win |
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
|linux|linux|linux|
| | | |
+-----------------+
| | | |
| OSX | OSX | OSX |
| | | |
+-----------------+
See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor/861059
See: https://github.com/magdesign/Synergy-monitor-switcher/blob/master/README.md
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
edited Nov 21 at 23:25
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
answered Nov 21 at 22:53
Tarnay Kálmán
2,06152130
2,06152130
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
add a comment |
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
This is awesome. I'll be adding this to my own Synergy environment and cutting down on a few monitors. For those with a Windows server, Nir Sofer has created ControlMyMonitor
– shawn
2 days ago
add a comment |
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You also have the option of leaving at least 2 of them available for Remote Desktop, VNC, or other similar solutions. On MacOS, I use the modern Microsoft Remote Desktop, which lets me copy-paste between multiple Windows RDP sessions.
Of course, you'd have to have the systems set up ahead of time for it, and be fairly stable. If you regularly do hardware changes or access GRUB or clean-sweep OS formats, then KVM is better.
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
2,645625
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up vote
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You also have the option of leaving at least 2 of them available for Remote Desktop, VNC, or other similar solutions. On MacOS, I use the modern Microsoft Remote Desktop, which lets me copy-paste between multiple Windows RDP sessions.
Of course, you'd have to have the systems set up ahead of time for it, and be fairly stable. If you regularly do hardware changes or access GRUB or clean-sweep OS formats, then KVM is better.
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
2,645625
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
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You also have the option of leaving at least 2 of them available for Remote Desktop, VNC, or other similar solutions. On MacOS, I use the modern Microsoft Remote Desktop, which lets me copy-paste between multiple Windows RDP sessions.
Of course, you'd have to have the systems set up ahead of time for it, and be fairly stable. If you regularly do hardware changes or access GRUB or clean-sweep OS formats, then KVM is better.
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
2,645625
You also have the option of leaving at least 2 of them available for Remote Desktop, VNC, or other similar solutions. On MacOS, I use the modern Microsoft Remote Desktop, which lets me copy-paste between multiple Windows RDP sessions.
Of course, you'd have to have the systems set up ahead of time for it, and be fairly stable. If you regularly do hardware changes or access GRUB or clean-sweep OS formats, then KVM is better.
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
2,645625
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
2,645625
answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
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answered Nov 21 at 22:48
Christopher Hostage
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I do it - if I have to - by just pressing the input button on each monitor. Tedious but I don't do it often. What I normally do is work entirely on my Mac, remoted into the PC, even though it's right there next to me. That eliminates the need to switch keyboard & mouse. For anything else, I use VMs.
– Tetsujin
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