Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:28:47 +0100 (MET) | From | "Svetoslav Slavtchev" <> | Subject | Re: Multiple keyboard/monitor vs linux-2.6? |
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> Quote from William Park <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>: > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:09:05AM +0100, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > > if you just want muliple X users bruby/ ruby should work as stable as > > > 2.4 /2.6 (works at least for 20-25 people i helped, reading the howto > > > and getting it up), > > > > > > but if you want multiple virtual terminals, you'll have to experiment > :-) > > > and read a lot the linuxconsole ml, as it's not yet documented > > > > Multiple X users (via xdm login) is what I'm looking for. X-terminal is > > the canonical answer. In the light of recent development in PXE support > > which effectively eliminated third-party packages like Etherboot, > > Netboot, Rom-a-matic, and LTSP, I was wondering if it's possible to go > > the next logical step and eliminate motherboard/case as well. > > > > This would be ideal for home market, where you want multiple users (ie. > > kids) but with only one PC. Sell it as "Linux Mainframe"... :-) > > Search the archives - this comes up every few months on LKML. > > John. >
with the small difference that now it's doable, and previously mostly impossible
/* ya i know that Miguel solution exist quite a long time * already, but it's a bit hard to use it on systems with more * then 2 users and configuring the input devices is not easy, * optimal, and tere is no way to get multi-user virtual consoles * * ruby doesn't have this issues */
best,
svetljo
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