I'm doing a fresh Ubuntu 14.04.1 install on a Lenovo ThinkServer. This is going to be on the same worksurface as a HP Win 7 Laptop with 8GB RAM (on a dock) with the laptop screen, an attached screen, and another screen for the ThinkServer. I'd love to use Synergy to share a mouse and keyboard, and have a registered account with them.
Now, assuming I'll have no trouble installing it (big if?), my question is which to make the server and which the client? If it helps, the Windows machine has my email, web and light data work, the Lenovo Ubuntu install will be the data wrangling workhorse. My instinct says to make Lenovo the server, since the laptop has its built-in keyboard.
Any suggestions?
Oh, one complication might be that I'm planning to also link them remotely to another machine using TeamViewer. I've noticed strange behavior in the past using Synergy + Teamviewer.