On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:16, Brian Chabot wrote:
When they're done checking their
Yahoo mail or LJ or whatever, I ask if they had any trouble using it.
They look at me strange... and then I let them know they just used
Linux
and it obviously wasn't as difficult as they may have thought.
That's a good story. I was just reading about the new X.org X11
release and one of the features buried down at position #87 in the
release notes is 'multiseat capability'. Apparently HP/UX has had this
for a while, but it was harder on linux/PC. Roughly, you put in n
video cards/ports, hook up n/monitors and keyboard/mouse combinations
and let n users work off of the same computer. Given spare CPU
capacity (say, with a dual-core chip) you add users for the cost of a
RAM stick. With dual-head cards you ought to be able to server a dozen
'cafe stations' off of one 'server-class' computer.
Sounds like an 'Internet Cafe in a Box' to me for someone sufficiently
motivated to market such a product.
Now there's a significant linux benefit.
-Bill
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