This is why I made Barrier running at the start on both systems so that I could use the same mouse and keyboard without any additional step. This works but I don’t want to do this extra step. Since I use Wireless mouse and keyboard, this is still easier as all I need to do is to take the adapter from my laptop and plug it in the Raspberry Pi. Now that you have setup Barrier and enjoying by using the same mouse and keyboard for more than one computers, what happens when you reboot your system? You need to start Barrier in both the systems again, right? This means that you need to connect keyboard-mouse to the second computer as well. How cool is that! Optional: Autostart Barrier You should be now able to move your mouse pointer between the screens connected to two different computers running two different operating systems. If you see an option to accept secure connection from another computer, accept it. You can find this IP address on the Barrier application running on the main system (see the screenshots in previous section). You need to provide the IP address of Barrier server. On the second computer, start Barrier and choose to use it as client. Don’t know the client’s hostname? Don’t worry, you can get it from the client system. It won’t work if the hostname is not correct. Setup Barrier server with client screensĭo note that you should provide the hostname of the client computer. The position is important because that’s how your mouse pointer will move between screens. Now you have to drag and drop the computer icon from the top right to a suitable position. In here, you should see your own system in the center. It’s not entirely done because you have to configure the server a little. You should see an IP address and an SSL fingerprint. In my case, my Ubuntu 18.04 is my main system so I set it up as the server. You should configure your main computer as server and the secondary computer as client. Step 2: Configure Barrier serverīarrier works on server-client model. Once you have installed the software, it’s time to configure it. So installing barrier on Raspbian was easy with the apt command: On other distributions, you should enable Snap first and then use this command:īarrier is available in Debian 10 repositories.
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I recommend using barrier-maxiberta Install this Barrier version
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Open Software Center and search for Barrier. You’ll have to use the snap version of Barrier in Ubuntu 18.04. You need to install Barrier in your computer.īarrier is available in the universe repository starting Ubuntu 19.04 so you can easily install it using apt command. Some installation instructions may differ based on your distribution and version but you’ll get the idea of what you need to do here. I have prepared this tutorial with Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Raspbian 10. Did I mention that you can even share clipboard and thus copy paste text between the computers? Set up Barrier to share keyboard and mouse between Linux and Raspberry Pi or other devices Let’s see how you can use Barrier to share mouse and keyboard with multiple computers. With all its limitation, Barrier works fine for me. Synergy Core is still open source but you can’t get encryption option in its GUI. I used Barrier, an open source fork of the now proprietary software Synergy. If you cannot go for the hardware solution, try the software based approach to share the keyboard and mouse between computers. You can easily find one for around $30 on Amazon. This is a handy gadget that allows you to use the same display screen, keyboard and mouse between several computers running various operating systems. It’s really convenient.Īnother way to tackle this problem would be to buy a kvm switch. You can switch between the three separate computers using the switch on the keyboard and mouse. It allows connecting to three devices, one by RF receiver and the other two by Bluetooth. I have started using Dell KM717 wireless keyboard and mouse pair. If you can spend some money, go for the hardware solution. Software: You use a tool like Synergy or its open source fork Barrier (explained in detail in this article).You may alwao use kvm switch to change the output device. Hardware: Get a keyboard mouse pair that can switch between devices.
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I could use a new keyboard-mouse pair but my desk doesn’t have enough free space and it’s not very convenient to switch keyboards and mouse all the time. Now the problem is that I have fours screens and one pair of keyboard and mouse. I bought a new screen so that I could set it up for monitoring the performance of my cloud servers. I recently got a Raspberry Pi 4 that has the capability to double up as a desktop. I have a multi-monitor setup where my Dell XPS running Ubuntu is connected to two external monitors.
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