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Re: [PLUG] XFree 4.0 - multiheading
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Darxus wrote:
> The effect I'm trying to achieve is multiple full (monitor/keyboard/mouse)
> independant interfaces connected to one machine.
I thought this is what you were going for.
> In my searches, I found someone commenting that this could be done through
> USB (hooking up multiple keyboards) -- didn't occur to me since I've never
> used usb, or even seen it used.
Yeah, you could connect them all with USB, but I'm not sure how you would
get them all to be associated together as a console. It would probably
require some programming.
> And the biggest reason I think this would work is efficient CPU usage.
> On mainframes (fat server, very thin client), CPU usage is pretty
> consistant. You've got a large number of users hitting it at a pretty
> stable level.
Oh, definitely, but I think you need more than just a keyboard, display,
and mouse, especially for X (which is the whole idea behind thin client
systems). This could be achieved with something cheap, maybe even
sub-Pentium.
> With typical current workstations (fat client, thin server), your CPU
> spends most of it's time probably averaging about 2% usage, peaking to 98%
> or something briefly when you do something like start an app.
Keep in mind, this depends on the work being done. You put a bunch of
active developers working in a compiled language, your CPU usage goes up.
The point is valid, however.
BTW, I won't be responding anymore until at least Sunday -- going to anime
convention for the weekend. have a great weekend, everyone.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000
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