Multiple system monitors using single Keyboard and mouse !!! (Synergy)

Software engineers working with different systems. For the Day to day to activities they have a windows laptop/desktop while for coding and development they have a Linux box .
Sometimes multiple keyboard and mouse is simply annoying . Here is a simple solution called Synergy used to connect various system using Client Server network.
Ideally the server should be on Windows system and client on Linux system.

Server Installation :

A well-known open source software for those using multiple monitors.

Synergy :
http://synergy-foss.org/download


It is simple and 5 step process .

1) Launch the synergy for windows (32 bit) . download 1.31 (most stable version)

2) Install in windows ( windows as server)

3) Start the synergy : share this computer keyboard and mouse ….configure

4) Add the system using + sign

5) Screen name should be the computer name in case of server and alias be the IP address. Add another system (Linux) IP as screen name and host name
as an alias.

6) Now most important thing to configure the both monitors under the link and set the left and right position accordingly .
7) Click OK
8) Server is installed .

Client Installation

To install client on a linux system

Steps are
1) Download the source code
2) Untar it using tar zvxf
3) Cd synergy.x.x.
Configure
Make
Make install

4) It will install synergy in your Linux box
5) Just launch synergyc
Default location of synergyc (/usr/local/bin/)

Now just test the client and server and connect it . Both system are using only one Keyboard and mouse .