From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262687AbTLMBFU (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:05:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262725AbTLMBFU (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:05:20 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:57312 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262687AbTLMBFO (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:05:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:05:13 +0100 (MET) From: "Svetoslav Slavtchev" To: William Park Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20031212234627.GA1256@node1.opengeometry.net> Subject: Re: Multiple keyboard/monitor vs linux-2.6? X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #20183004 Message-ID: <25596.1071277513@www59.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 12:09:05AM +0100, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > if you just want muliple X users bruby/ ruby should work as stable as > > 2.4 /2.6 (works at least for 20-25 people i helped, reading the howto > > and getting it up), > > > > but if you want multiple virtual terminals, you'll have to experiment > :-) > > and read a lot the linuxconsole ml, as it's not yet documented > > Multiple X users (via xdm login) is what I'm looking for. X-terminal is > the canonical answer. In the light of recent development in PXE support > which effectively eliminated third-party packages like Etherboot, > Netboot, Rom-a-matic, and LTSP, I was wondering if it's possible to go > the next logical step and eliminate motherboard/case as well. > > This would be ideal for home market, where you want multiple users (ie. > kids) but with only one PC. Sell it as "Linux Mainframe"... :-) it should be doable, although it would be easier to setup if all the ruby PC's used a basic local installation and load everything else from a LTSP server i wanted to try it, but i own a single PC, so ... best, svetljo -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ Neu: Preissenkung für MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net