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Donald Merand

So multiple input setups, but on one physical device? I'd never considered it, but it makes a lot of sense! It consolidates some of the hassle of having to share between different physical machines, while still allowing the flexibility of multiple workspaces + modes of input.

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Well, I have yet to figure out how to get that working, so I usually have multiple differnt computers for each set of keyboard/nice. Normally I have only two I'm working on at a time.

Ideally I'd like to have a kind of switching KVM where I can arbitrarily map inputs and outputs with computers.

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Donald Merand • Edited

Ha! Yeah, it sounds like it would be tricky to set up. I have a KVM setup for multiple computers, but I like the idea of a multiple-input KVM setup for one computer. Especially in OS X or many of the Linux WMs that allow for multiple workspaces, it seems like a doable idea - just map a set of inputs to a workspace.

Sounds like your real-life setup mimics my own - multiple physical devices for semi-parallel tasks. I have a laptop where I do my main work and a touchscreen Chromebook which I basically use as a drawing tablet in tent mode.