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You need to provide the IP address of Barrier server. On the second computer, start Barrier and choose to use it as client. Don’t know the client’s hostname? Don’t worry, you can get it from the client system. It won’t work if the hostname is not correct. Setup Barrier server with client screensĭo note that you should provide the hostname of the client computer. The position is important because that’s how your mouse pointer will move between screens. Now you have to drag and drop the computer icon from the top right to a suitable position. In here, you should see your own system in the center. It’s not entirely done because you have to configure the server a little.

You should see an IP address and an SSL fingerprint. In my case, my Ubuntu 18.04 is my main system so I set it up as the server. You should configure your main computer as server and the secondary computer as client. Step 2: Configure Barrier serverīarrier works on server-client model. Once you have installed the software, it’s time to configure it. So installing barrier on Raspbian was easy with the apt command: On other distributions, you should enable Snap first and then use this command:īarrier is available in Debian 10 repositories.

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I recommend using barrier-maxiberta Install this Barrier version

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Open Software Center and search for Barrier. You’ll have to use the snap version of Barrier in Ubuntu 18.04. You need to install Barrier in your computer.īarrier is available in the universe repository starting Ubuntu 19.04 so you can easily install it using apt command. Some installation instructions may differ based on your distribution and version but you’ll get the idea of what you need to do here. I have prepared this tutorial with Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Raspbian 10. Did I mention that you can even share clipboard and thus copy paste text between the computers? Set up Barrier to share keyboard and mouse between Linux and Raspberry Pi or other devices Let’s see how you can use Barrier to share mouse and keyboard with multiple computers. With all its limitation, Barrier works fine for me. Synergy Core is still open source but you can’t get encryption option in its GUI. I used Barrier, an open source fork of the now proprietary software Synergy. If you cannot go for the hardware solution, try the software based approach to share the keyboard and mouse between computers. You can easily find one for around $30 on Amazon. This is a handy gadget that allows you to use the same display screen, keyboard and mouse between several computers running various operating systems. It’s really convenient.Īnother way to tackle this problem would be to buy a kvm switch. You can switch between the three separate computers using the switch on the keyboard and mouse. It allows connecting to three devices, one by RF receiver and the other two by Bluetooth. I have started using Dell KM717 wireless keyboard and mouse pair. If you can spend some money, go for the hardware solution.

Software: You use a tool like Synergy or its open source fork Barrier (explained in detail in this article).

You may alwao use kvm switch to change the output device.

Hardware: Get a keyboard mouse pair that can switch between devices.

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I could use a new keyboard-mouse pair but my desk doesn’t have enough free space and it’s not very convenient to switch keyboards and mouse all the time. Now the problem is that I have fours screens and one pair of keyboard and mouse. I bought a new screen so that I could set it up for monitoring the performance of my cloud servers. I recently got a Raspberry Pi 4 that has the capability to double up as a desktop. Please check all the other exciting ShareMouse features.I have a multi-monitor setup where my Dell XPS running Ubuntu is connected to two external monitors.No reconfiguration if you change the direction.There is no 'master' or 'slave' restriction.

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You can remote control your Laptop with the mouse and keyboard of your Desktop PC and vice versa. ShareMouse, however, works in any direction: You can only remote control in one direction: Other programs may force your computers into a static server or client PC role. ShareMouse has a unique monitor layout detection that configures itself automatically for you:įire up ShareMouse on all computers and move the mouse to the desired computer.Īnother cool ShareMouse feature is the bi-directional functionality of sharing your mouse and keyboard: We have been aware about 'free' alternatives before and started developing ShareMouse for very good reasons: Ease of use! If you miss any feature in ShareMouse, why not tell us. You probably reached this page while are looking for a ShareMouse alternative.

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