Multi-pointer Remote Desktop: Ending the Mouse/Keyboard Wars

Jan 27, 2009, 16:33 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Kristian Kissling)

[ Thanks to Britta Wuelfing for this link. ]

"Ball has patched the Vino VNC server so that all VNC clients have independent mouse and keyboard control. The patch is based on Peter Hutterer's Multi-pointer X (MPX) extensions to X.org (destined for X Server 1.6.0) that allow driving a desktop with multiple mice and keyboards."

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