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Re: Multi-Head, Multi-User Killer GNU/Linux App Languishes
by anonymous on Saturday October 11, 2008 @ 09:13 PM
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| There are always options for getting inexpensive remote X displays. It doesn't require that you buy lots of PCs. Single board computers that run a minimalistic linux distro would suffice quite well and would still be inexpensive. Thin clients, such as the Compaq T1510, for example, cost between $150 and $200. For twelve people that would bring the additional cost to only $2400 and would eliminate all of the technical problems with trying to setup a multiheaded display. Besides, three additional multiheaded PCs, depending on their configuration, could easily eat up $2400. So, yes, he is missing the point. Until the FOSS drivers for Nvidia and ATI are on par with the proprietary drivers, or ATI/Nvidia start paying more attention to multihead PCs, which is doubtful will ever happen, setting up multiheaded PCs will always be a black art. |
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