User:Maffblaster/Drafts/Synergy

Synergy is Article description::open source, cross platform software used to manage multiple X11 clients with a single keyboard and mouse. It can be thought of as a KVM - but only supporting keyboard and mouse. Although the website says prompts support though purchasing "Basic" and "Pro" versions, the same functionality can be replicated through a little elbow grease.

As of April 5, 2020, Synergy does not support compositors running on the Wayland protocol. GitHub issue

There are currently two versions of Synergy being maintained: 1.x and 2.x. The 2.x branch appears to be still in beta.

Files

 * - Global (system wide) configuration file.
 * - Local (per user) configuration directory.

Encryption
The Synergy wiki upstream provides details for enabling encryption between the client/server connection(s).

In short, copy the bundled encryption plugin to the Synergy user's home directory:

Next, generate the certificate:

Usage
There are a few executable files that are merged after the compilation:



External resources

 * https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/wiki - Upstream's project wiki.
 * https://brahma-dev.github.io/synergy-stable-builds/ - A third party site that hosts compiled binaries for Windows and OSX.