Mouse sharing for Ubuntu

I recently found Mouse without Borders but this just works for Windows.

My question is now if there is something like that which works with Ubuntu with a secure connection.
It should provide

• Mouse sharing
• keyboard sharing
• Clipboard sharing
• secure (encrypt data)

If possible for free.
I would appreciate OpenSource

3 Answers

Looks like there is an app out there called Synergy. I'm just discovering this, so I know nothing about it. I just stumbled across this article:

1

Definitely possible for free, out-of-the-box in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install synergy

This software comes from the Ubuntu repositories and is free, open source and has all the needed (at least for me) properties (at least for 14.04 LTE).

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And to complete the answer:

This command is better to use when installing, because it does not let you install stuff unless you have your repos up to date:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synergy

and this gives you a clue on what is available in the repos you have configured on your machine:

apt-cache search synergy

As long as 16.04 LTE, standard repos are considered:

quicksynergy - GUI for easy configuration of Synergy
synergy - Share mouse, keyboard and clipboard over the network

2

Try with Barrier-KVM. This works perfectly for me. You can also use this with different subnets and different OS Platforms.

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