If you have more than one computer at your workstation, Synergy is a _must_! And it's FREE.
A snippet from their website (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net) explains it:
"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)."
I'm the type of geek that likes fast and simple installations. If something uses complex configuration, I'm gonna have to need it pretty bad to even try it. But Synergy was super simple! I installed the server portion on my debian linux box, and the client on W2k. A little gui input box asked which side the client and server were one (left, right, top or
bottom). I run a firewall on both boxes, so I had to open access to TCP/24800 between the two machines. And like magic it worked! I'm amazed and impressed.
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