I've got a nice newish 27'' cinema screen which I use together with my MacBook pro in clamshell mode. Loving how it works as a docking station - e.g. I've a time machine drive attached to the screen so every time I attach my laptop to the screen it takes a backup.
But I have some computational tasks I can't do on my Mac laptop, so I also have a powerful desktop machine with Ubuntu (18.04 LTS) in my office. I'd like to every once in a while be able to shift to using that machine with the same keyboard and screen.
I read on the inter-webs that what I need is a KVM hardware switch (apparently better for this use than Synergy or other software solutions, also because the two computers have different OS).
My questions are:
Thank you!
But I have some computational tasks I can't do on my Mac laptop, so I also have a powerful desktop machine with Ubuntu (18.04 LTS) in my office. I'd like to every once in a while be able to shift to using that machine with the same keyboard and screen.
I read on the inter-webs that what I need is a KVM hardware switch (apparently better for this use than Synergy or other software solutions, also because the two computers have different OS).
My questions are:
- Can I do that and still use my MacBook in clamshell mode (including get the docking station facilities of the screen/MacBook)?
- Which KVM would you recommend?
Thank you!
