[Cialug] KVM switches: recommendations?

[Dan Hockey]

I have a four port Belkin KVM switch that has an external button on top or I
can use the scroll lock+up/down arrow keys to switch computers.
-dh

-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Ollie
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 6:35 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] KVM switches: recommendations?

On 11/18/07, Tom Poe <tompoe at fngi.net> wrote:
> I need to invest in KVM switch.  Any recommendations?  Options?
> Tom

I had a Belkin KVM switch for my desk at work and I would NOT
recommend it, especially if you use the control key a lot (I'm an
Emacs user, so I do). It had a hard coded behavior that would switch
between computers when the control key was held down.  If I had been
able to remap the key to something else I would have liked it a lot
but the Belkin firmware didn't allow you to do that.

I didn't replace it with anything because I'm trying to reduce the
number of computers underneath my desk by using virtualization to
create development servers, rather than keeping a number of old PCs
under my desk.

Jeff
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