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Slightly odd request but somebody may have done it.
I have a bunch of windows PCs and not enough deskspace - so I would like a software KVM to simply switch key/mouse input between different networked machines.

BUT they are all running graphics intensive tasks (openGL and CUDA) so I don't want a remote desktop/VNC type solution - I need the video to be unaffected going to it's original monitor.

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  • Are all monitors connected and running on each computer? You said not video, so I take away from that and picture a desk with say 3 or 4 monitors on it, all connected to different computers each with its own KB and Mouse under it. Is that the setup we are trying to rectify? Nov 7, 2012 at 16:37
  • Well the picture is more like; piles of servers covering the floor with monitors and the occasional keyb/mouse balanced on top of them with a mess of cables covering everything - but yes! Nov 7, 2012 at 17:12
  • Ah, but the monitors arent like, neatly next to eachother where something like Synergy would work nicely then? Nov 7, 2012 at 17:19
  • @Paperlantern - synergy is exactly what I was looking for. I even remember using this on Linux but I thought it was part of X, I never knew it was an app. ps if you wan't to put this as an answer so I can accept it Nov 7, 2012 at 17:23
  • Done and done! =) Nov 7, 2012 at 17:27

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Synergy would likely do exactly what you are trying to do. It ties separate machine's monitors together as if they were part of a single computer and desktop experience, even though they are entirely separate machines.

I used this when I had a three monitor setup with a dual windows machine and a single Linux Mint box to the right of that. One single keyboard and mouse. Very elegant. It sometimes isn't PERFECT, but it is a solid solution.

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