Multiple Desktops - One monitor, KVM, looking for ideas for a first world problem :)

Morphex · February 29

Hello, I am looking for ideas/suggestions anything really on how to setup my environment. This is very much a 1st world problem, but I am looking on how to be able to put multiple PCs connected to one screen, with minimum latency (so remote desktop is out). Ideally this would run inside my main OS so that i can adjust the windows as needed in a Picture by Picture and would be able to somehow control everything with 1 mouse/1 keyboard. Refresh rate is not the biggest bit here, but 60hz would be the minimum.

I have been looking at KVMs, but it seems this only allows one output at a time.

I am trying to get 4 systems running like this - including the main OS if possible. All systems are physically next to each other, and in the same LAN. Ideally this would work without requiring actual internet (external) connection.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to setup something like this?

manikyath · February 29

so you basicly want to control multiple desktops from your main desktop?

rdp is probabky your best shot, unless you're willing to invest thousands of dollars into crash cart adapters.

as long as you dont want to do any stuff like games that capture the mouse RDP on the local network is pretty solid.

there's also HP Zcentral remote boost, which besides having a horrid name is basicly rdp on steroids. given you have the bandwidth you can pretty much do color work trough that.