I want
I use my laptop for instant messaging and picking up my email while I’m working. It’s not quite as good as having dual monitors but it means I can easily work and chat / refer to emails without having to shuffle windows about. Occasionally I need to transfer something from the laptop to my main machine - which can be a pain because I have to minimize windows, find the file, drag it on to a shortcut then find it on the other desktop. What I want is to be able to access the clipboard on the laptop from my main work PC, so that all I would have to do to copy a file from my laptop would be to copy it to the clipboard then press, say Shift+Ctrl+V on the other machine to suck it over the network. And I want it to work with text, urls and anything else that can be copied to the clipboard. And I want it to be free. :-)
And I want a pony!
May 15th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I believe Synergy will do some of this. Worth investigating, at any rate.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
TJG
May 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
That’s an excellent tool. Thanks!
Now where is my pony?
May 15th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I was going to suggest Synergy, as well. It’s great.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I’m glad to see that synergy has already been mentioned - I use it daily and love it.
hmm, pony - one small beer bottle coming your way.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:38 am
If they are both windows computers
Ditto http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net
works great for sending a super-clipboard over the network.
I just set it up with my cubicle mate for network transfers and it is super easy.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:14 am
There’s always something useful out there you’ve never heard of! (You can call that “Golden’s Law”). Thanks, Matt, for the ditto link.