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Re: Multi-Head, Multi-User Killer GNU/Linux App Languishes
by John on Friday October 10, 2008 @ 03:15 AM
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| I was referring to multiple display setup and configuration. As for running six users off of a single machine, I don't understand the point. The only way I can imagine doing so would require virtualization, which invites inefficiencies and complications. Besides, after providing each user input devices, a graphics card, and two displays, it just makes more sense to go ahead and give him a CPU and network card. The cost of the CPU and motherboard sufficient to operate as a thin client would be only about $60. A thin client configuration makes more sense to me under those circumstances. |
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Re: Multi-Head, Multi-User Killer GNU/Linux App Languishes
by SPM on Friday October 10, 2008 @ 11:15 PM
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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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