Matthew Rosewarne on 21 Oct 2007 07:17:18 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Meeting Topic Request


On Sunday 21 October 2007, Jeremy Kister wrote:
> I'm interested in learning more about multiseat capabilities of linux
> these days.
>
> if anyone would be interested in doing a presentation, i'd be the first
> to sign/show up.  i'd love to consolidate my kids' 7 computers into one
> PC with 7 seats (kvm+sound).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat [old, outdated]
> http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html [logout kernel oops's]

Multi-seat, multi-user computing is entirely possible, though you may need to 
get some hardware:

http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/pdp-11/Images/ken-den.jpeg

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taouu/html/graphics/vt100.jpg

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