Introduction

QuickSynergy is a graphical interface (GUI) for easily configuring Synergy2, an application that allows the user to share his mouse and keyboard between two or more computers.

Without the need for any external hardware, Synergy2 uses the TCP-IP protocol to share the resources, even between machines with diferent operating systems, such as Mac OS, Linux and Windows.

So QuickSynergy is a graphical user interface for Mac OS and Linux systems, since the official website presents only a Windows version.

Screenshots

Mac OS

Linux

More screenshots here.

Videos

Downloads

QuickSynergy is available for download for Mac OS X and Linux under the GNU General Public License.

You can download QuickSynergy from QuickSynergy download center.

The Two Versions..

Mac OS X

The Mac OS X version was developed in Cocoa using the environment Xcode and consists of a simple .app file, without the necessity of Synergy2 installation. It holds the binaries of the original project, that is licensed under GNU GPL.

End users can directly download the compiled image with the binary. For those who wish to compile the app from the source it is necessary to install the softwares mentioned above.

QuickSynergy runs on both PPC and Intel machines.

Instructions

Instalation

To install the application you just need to download the image (QuickSynergy_xxv.dmg - where XX is the version number), open it and drag the application to a folder (example, /Application). After this step, the application is ready to be used.

Use

QuickSynergy has a very simple and intuitive interface, following the Apple standard for applications. The program has, basicly, three tabs and the execution follows the selected one.

About
Presents a brief piece of information about the software.

Client
Configures synergy to run as client. Just enter the IP address/hostname of the server and click on Start button. A dialog box will apper with the pid (process id) of the syngery2 client daemon). To stop the client, just click Stop.

Server
Configures the server. The mouse and keyboard of this machine will be used. To add a new client, fill the fields with the clients' IP/hostnames. Save the file and then execute the server on Start. To stop, Stop.

Changelog

Version 0.1 (nov ?, 2005)
  • Only saves the configuration file.
  • Buttons Star and Stop are disabled.

Version 0.2 (nov 02, 2005)
  • Synergy2 added to the Application
  • Saves the configuration file, and executes the server daemon.

Version 0.3 (nov 04, 2005)
  • Added the Client
  • Can run the Client or Server daemon.

Version 0.4 (nov 04, 2005)
  • Solved some bugs (now QSFile is not a property, it is a global in the source file)

Versios 0.5 (nov 07, 2005)
  • When the server or client are running, all text fields are disabled. On stop, they are set to enabled.
  • Code organization.

Version 0.6
  • QuickSynergy is now Universal Binary
  • Quicksynergy now use Synergy 1.3.1 for both server and client.

Version 0.7
  • I can't remember...

Version 0.8 (jul 04, 2006)
  • Only one button to Save/Start/Stop.
  • QuickSynergy now remebers the last configuration.
  • There's no more dialog boxex saying "Client running" and "Server running".

Special Thanks

Linux

The Linux version was developed using GTK and C language. The first version of the program was written in Python, and then ported to C.

Instructions

Instalation

Just follow the usual procedure: 

./configure
make
make install

You will need the GTK 2.0 and libglade-2.0 development packges installed on your computer in order to achieve a successful compilation.

Use

To configure synergy as a server, select the Server tab on the QuickSynergy main window. Fill in the fields with the clients' IP adresses/hostnames and then click Start. If you wish to stop the server, click Stop. Please notice that you cannot change any of the configurations nor start a synergy client while running the server. Also notice that if you click the Close button, the server will NOT be stopped.

To configure synergy as a client, select the Client tab on the QuickSynergy main window. Fill in the field with the server's IP address/hostname and the click Start. If you wish to stop the client, click Stop. Please notice that you cannot change the server's address nor start a synergy server while running the client. Also notice that if you click the Close button, the client will NOT be stopped.

Icons

The icons used in QuickSynergy are based on others from the Open Clipart Project in the form of public domain. They are:

Flat Screen by Gino Rivera (Public Domain)
Title:    Flat Screen
Author:   Gino Rivera
License:  Public Domain
Keywords: lcd
          plasma
          flat
          screen
          monitor

Computer-aj by AJ Ashton (Public Domain)

Title:    computer-aj
Author:   AJ Ashton
License:  Public Domain
Keywords: monitor
          desktop
          technology
          computer

Our icons are available here for download, and they also can be used freely.

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