Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-02-03 Thread Stroller
On 3 February 2012, at 15:34, James wrote: > Grant gmail.com> writes: > >> I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and po

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-31 Thread Grant
Can you rely on Xorg devs to ensure that they are not going to break your multiseat system in the future? >>> >>> Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know why there would be (much) more >>> likelihood of regression with Xorg multiseat than with anything else, >>> including LTSP and all of its de

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Grant
>>> Can you rely on Xorg devs to ensure that they are not going to break your >>> multiseat system in the future? >> >> Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know why there would be (much) more >> likelihood of regression with Xorg multiseat than with anything else, >> including LTSP and all of its dependen

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 January 2012, at 17:41, Grant wrote: >> ... >> Can you rely on Xorg devs to ensure that they are not going to break your >> multiseat system in the future? > > Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know why there would be (much) more > likelihood of regression with Xorg multiseat than with anything

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Grant
[snip] >> If I throw out installing a separate OS on a separate machine for each >> workstation and all of the proprietary thin-client protocols, I think >> I have 3 options: >> >> 1. Connect monitors, USB keyboards, and USB mice directly to a server >> with multiple video cards.  I found a motherb

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Grant
> I've been in the same situation a short time ago. > Finally I decided to buy a cheap notebook (ASUS AMD 1GHz, 8 Gb RAM) > for 265 Euro, only -- running Gentoo, of course. > I've installed a private wireless network. > So my wife can sit anywhere and she can still connect to our "family > server"

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Jan 2012 23:29:37 Grant wrote: > >> I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, > >> keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. > >> The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and > >> power requirements would also be mini

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-30 Thread Helmut Jarausch
I've been in the same situation a short time ago. Finally I decided to buy a cheap notebook (ASUS AMD 1GHz, 8 Gb RAM) for 265 Euro, only -- running Gentoo, of course. I've installed a private wireless network. So my wife can sit anywhere and she can still connect to our "family server" if she like

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-29 Thread Grant
>> I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, >> keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. >> The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and >> power requirements would also be minimized. >> >> Apparently this is called "multiseat" a

Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 29 Jan 2012 05:26:28 Grant wrote: > I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, > keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. > The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and > power requirements would also be minimized. > >

[gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

2012-01-28 Thread Grant
I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and power requirements would also be minimized. Apparently this is called "multiseat" and native support