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How is the performance with VNC? Can you watch fullscreen YouTube videos and is there any noticeable lag when typing / in the ui?

Tempted to switch my main machine over to Linux but still want access to OSX.

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If you have two displays you could use something like Synergy to accomplish what you want. I use it both at work and at home. I work for two companies under the same owner, and I do all my IT related support work on one PC and my other duties on the other. I have two screens side by side, and one keyboard/mouse connected to the machine I use the most. It's set up as the KM server under Synergy. I just drag my pointer to the right edge of my left display and it seamlessly transitions to controlling the computer hooked up to the right display.

At home I have a Slackware workstation, a Windows gaming machine, and a Mac mini, each with a dedicated display. Again, I can drag my mouse pointer to the left or right edge to access either of the screens/PCs left or right of my main display.

There is an open source fork called Barrier as well.

I'm not using VNC to Mac Mini enough for me to give meaningful feedback on typing lag. I'm currently mostly running it headless media server and local web server, so occasional remote. However with children requiring access to more devices for longer I'm looking at ways to solve shorter term need without having to go out and buy new hardware.

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