Synergy Introduction

synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all. Learn more about how it works.

Synergy is open source and released under the GNU Public License (GPL).

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me (the Windows 95 family)
Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP (the Windows NT family)
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Unix
X Windows version 11 revision 4 or up
XTEST extension
(use "xdpyinfo | grep XTEST" to check for XTEST)
All systems must support TCP/IP networking.

"Unix" includes Linux, Solaris, Irix and other variants. Synergy has only been extensively tested on Linux and may not work completely or at all on other versions of Unix. Patches are welcome (including patches that package binaries) at the patches page.

The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the screen saver, only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not work), the cursor won't hide when not on the screen, and there may be problems with mouse wheel acceleration. Other problems should be filed as bugs.

Synergy 是一款能够让使用者仅用一套键盘鼠标，就同时操控多部计算机的免费工具软件。使用者能够在包括 Windows 、 Linux 、 Mac OS 等不同的系统上安装它，并且在设定好主从关系后，就能够透过一组键盘鼠标来进行多部计算机的操控。

这样子的操控方式，对于拥有笔记型计算机的人来说尤其方便，你能够将笔记型计算机与家中的桌上型计算机设定好主从关系，如此一来，就能够利用笔记型计算机来操控两部计算机，不需要额外的切换装置的帮忙，就能够方便地完成许多工作。

使用者在使用 Synergy 时要特别注意的是，必须要仔细设置主从关系的切换设定，如此才能够顺利地透过鼠标光标的移动来切换目前所使用的计算机，不至于因为鼠标光标一移到新计算机，就无法切换为原计算机的窘境。