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Cut and paste between two computers. Was linking my sound card to xoscpe

[2elnav at netbistro.com]


Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:06:41 -0700

[[[ Oh dear...somehow, the quote attribution got lost, but Arild is responding to a previous comment of Ben's. -- Kat ]]]

> Well done, Arild! Yep, exactly what I mean.

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This cutting and pasting between various screens on two different computer is a real PITA.

As you can see from the forwarding I also had to invoke the use of a third computer on a different address. I have no way to directly link the two different computer directly. At least none that I know of. And having to copy down letter by letter what I see on one machine to get it into the other machine is error prone. Is there a quick way to network a Windows and a linux machine together so the two can see each other and copy each other's files?


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Kapil Hari Paranjape [kapil at imsc.res.in]


Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:51 +0530

Hello,

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, 2elnav@netbistro.com wrote:

> This cutting and pasting  between various screens on two different computer 
> is a real PITA.

There is "synergy" which is meant for something more or less similar.

The setup is explained in http://linuxgazette.net/128/lg_tips.html (Search for synergy).

The keyboard and mouse and clipboard of one computer is shared between the two machines.

Of course, whether this is PITA or NaaN is something for you do decide. :-)

Regards,

Kapil. --


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:10:01 -0400

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 01:44:51PM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:

> 
> Of course, whether this is PITA or NaaN is something for you do
> decide. :-)

No comparison; naan is tastier. Especially the stuff with raisins and coconut. :)

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:39:44 -0400

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:06:41AM -0700, 2elnav@netbistro.com wrote:

>
> This cutting and pasting  between various screens on two different 
> computer is a real PITA.
> As you can see from  the forwarding I also had to invoke the use of a 
> third computer on a different address. I have no way to directly link  
> the two different computer directly. At least none that I know  of.   And 
> having to copy  down  letter by letter what I see on one machine  to get 
> it into the other machine is error prone.  Is there a quick way to  
> network  a Windows and a linux machine together so the two can see each 
> other and copy each other's files?

Yep. As I mentioned in my previous email, you could solve the problem in several ways: you could use your Linux machine to do your mail via a mail client; you could use it to do mail via a web browser; or you could - the most complicated method of the three - use VNC to connect them, run your Windows box via a VNC connection, and copy-and-paste into it that way.

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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[2elnav at netbistro.com]


Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:05:01 -0700 (PDT)

> As I mentioned in my previous email, you could solve the problem in
> several ways: you could use your Linux machine to do your mail via a
> mail client; you could use it to do mail via a web browser; or you could
> - the most complicated method of the three - use VNC to connect them,
> run your Windows box via a VNC connection, and copy-and-paste into it
> that way.> --
> * Ben Okopnik

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Don't know how to do that in Linux. Can't seem to figure it out.

Judging by how my query on siggen is being handled I despair of ever figuring out these other issues. Maybe I should stick to Windows. I am just getting more confused by all the jargon.

Arild


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