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Re: Multi-Head, Multi-User Killer GNU/Linux App Languishes
by SPM on Saturday October 11, 2008 @ 04:15 AM
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| No, it doesn't require virtualisation any more than multiple thin clients do - Linux is an intrinsically multi-user OS out of the box. The only issue is that X only normally supports one local display although it can support any number of remote displays in the form of remote sessions on other PCs or thin clients.
A multi-seat setup is the same as a multi-user thin client setup, except you just pay for additional graphics cards instead of thin clients. It is theoretically cheaper for public computing where you can have say 6 seats for the price of 1 PC, plus a little extra memory and half a dual head card (about $25 extra per seat on top of the cost of the average PC), compared to $100 per seat for a thin client solution. In practice though the complexity of setup and maintenance and flexibility in placing the clients makes thin clients a better option in most applications. |
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