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3.5 KiB
HTML
97 lines
3.5 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
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<html>
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<head>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="synergy.css" media="screen" />
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<title>Synergy Introduction</title>
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</head>
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<body class="main">
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<h3>Synergy</h3>
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<h4>Introduction</h4>
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<p>
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synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements
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<p>
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Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
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multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its
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own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users
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with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its
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own monitor(s).
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<p>
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Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse
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off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of
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all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems.
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Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop
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together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires
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a password to unlock them all.
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</p>
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<p>
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Synergy is open source and released under the
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<a href="license.html#GPL">GNU Public License (GPL)</a>.
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<h4>Links</h4>
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<b>Local</b><br>
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Getting started:<br>
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<a href="running.html">how to run synergy</a><br>
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<a href="compiling.html">how to build synergy</a><br>
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<br>
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Using synergy:<br>
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<a href="faq.html">FAQ</a><br>
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<a href="tips.html">tips on using synergy</a><br>
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<a href="autostart.html">autostart guide</a><br>
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<a href="configuration.html">configuration file format guide</a><br>
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<br>
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Future directions:<br>
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<a href="todo.html">roadmap to future enhancements</a><br>
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<br>
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For developers:<br>
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<a href="developer.html">developer's guide</a><br>
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<br>
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Security:<br>
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<a href="security.html">important note about security with synergy</a><br>
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<br>
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Miscellaneous documents:<br>
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<a href="authors.html">the authors of synergy</a><br>
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<a href="history.html">the history of synergy</a><br>
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<a href="license.html">the synergy license terms</a><br>
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<a href="news.html">news about synergy</a><br>
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<br>
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<b>Internet</b><br>
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<a href="http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/">synergy home page</a><br>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2/">synergy project page</a><br>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=59275&atid=490467">synergy bug list</a><br>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=59275">synergy community forums</a><br>
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</p>
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<h4>System Requirements</h4>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me (the Windows 95 family)
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<li>Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (the Windows NT family)
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<li>Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
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<li>Unix
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<ul>
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<li>X Windows version 11 revision 4 or up
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<li>XTEST extension<br>
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(use "<span class="code">xdpyinfo | grep XTEST</span>" to check for XTEST)
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</ul>
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</ul>
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All systems must support TCP/IP networking.
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<p>
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"Unix" includes Linux, Solaris, Irix and other variants. Synergy has
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only been extensively tested on Linux and may not work completely or
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at all on other versions of Unix. Patches are welcome (including
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patches that package binaries) at the
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=59275&atid=490469">patches page</a>.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the screen saver,
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only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not work),
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non-US English keyboards are untested and probably don't work, and there
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may be problems with mouse pointer and mouse wheel acceleration. Other
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problems should be <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=59275&atid=490467">filed as bugs</a>.
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</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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