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Comments on: Multiplicity: Maximal home networking

One keyboard, one mouse, two fully-loaded computers. This is no dual-monitor setup. It's Multiplicity, brawny home networking software, and it's pretty darn cool.

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There's a free alternative called Synergy2
by luis.gomez July 20, 2007 4:41 PM PDT: There's a multi OS alternative called Synergy2 that works with 32bits Windows, Linux and MacOS X

The Link is:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2/; Like this Reply to this comment

Other related.
by udins9 July 21, 2007 11:35 AM PDT: I have 3 old computer that can run Windows XP, and I heard about the terms called 'network rendering', a term that used by 3D software to render the image using several computer in network but just for 3D. My point is that is there any software that can combine my 3 pc hardware resource to do one or more task? for any given task that I do in my Windows XP. It would be useful if I can combine all the power of this old pc to run that Adobe Photoshop CS3. :) rather than buying some dual core or quad processor. Can this software do that thing I want?

p/s : sorry for this silly questions. :); Like this Reply to this comment

Synergy is the way to go..
by jdiaz922 July 21, 2007 8:47 PM PDT: I was looking at purchasing Multiplicity but did not like their licensing format. I was going to go through 35 servers and keep one. I tried to email their support and never heard back. Once I figured out how to configure Synergy, it works great and it is free. Great job Synergy Guys.....; Like this Reply to this comment

transparetnt cursor
by MttFrog13 July 23, 2007 9:27 PM PDT: i like that transparent cursor, where can you find them.; Like this Reply to this comment

Synergy works and it is free!
by erjmesa July 24, 2007 7:47 AM PDT: I use synergy with my desktops at work. I have Ubuntu, XP, and Mac OSX all working perfectly with it and Synergy is free.; Like this Reply to this comment

How Multiplicity works, "in theory"
by console_cc July 24, 2007 9:01 AM PDT: I didn't believe my eyes when I saw that Multiplicity got featured on download.com's frontpage!

Multiplicity is unreliable, support non-existant (I'm waiting for a reply since 09-2005 since it doesn't work at all on my machines) plus a request for a refund was ignored. If you read some topics at http://forums.stardock.com/?forumid=267 you get the full picture quite quickly.

I originally bought the Pro version cause I liked the project and wanted to support it. However it's a dead project now, Stardock even promised an OS-X version over 2 years ago - this was also the date of the last windows version. Beware if you shop.

Synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) is the way to go if you want the job to be done - also cross multiple platforms. It's hard to setup but - it works. :); Like this Reply to this comment

that nice but ...
by Alidad3250 July 24, 2007 12:03 PM PDT: This is nice but that kind of program is already exit at other company, and you might want to take look at http://www.maxivista.com. and see what you think.

AM; Like this Reply to this comment

You get what you pay for
by Draginol September 9, 2007 12:03 PM PDT: Synergy is free. Then again, so is Gimp yet people continue to buy Photoshop.

Synergy doesn't support file copying between machines (and neither does Max). There is also a robustness feature. There's been plenty of real-world discussion of Multiplicity versus Synergy. The consensus I've always seen is that you get what you pay for.; Like this Reply to this comment