Mouse and Keyboard Sharing between Linux and Windows

synergy lets you share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems via network so one of them must be server, others would be clients
synergy+ is a maintenance fork for implementing bug fixes to the original synergy which hasn't any source updates since 2006

1. install synergy-plus on my server side, arch linux

yaourt synergy-plus

2. edit the configuration file on the server side

vi /etc/synergy.conf
--

# declare name of screens
section: screens
server:
client:
end

# specify relative positions
section: links
server:
right = client
client:
left = server
end

section: aliases
end

section: options
relativeMouseMoves = true
end

# windows is my client which be located right to linux.
# in other words, linux is left to windows.
# if set relativeMouseMoves to true then secondary screens move the mouse using relative moves only when the cursor is locked to the screen (by Scroll Lock or a configured hot key). this option makes synergy work better with certain games.

3. autorun synergy server when log in

vi ~/.config/autostart/synergys.desktop
--

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/synergys


4. download and install synergy+ on the client side, windows

http://synergy-plus.googlecode.com/files/synergy-plus-1.3.4-Windows-x86-r1.exe

5. if the client synergy is on windows vista or 7, you may face UAC conflicts with it. first is unable to use synergy to login windows. second is synergy stop working when a uac prompt appears.
the solution is run synergy+ as administrator and configure it autostart when computer starts and install The Vista Syn to load synergy as a service