On 09-10-2014 14:13, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>> What exactly does that mean - multi seat environments? >>> >>> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat/ >>> >> Ok I read the information. So as I understand it you are going have a >> computer that >> has multiple graphics cards with multiple keyboards and multiple mice >> divided into >> seats. Really? >> >> Where do I buy this computer? > > It is much simpler to run remote X sessions over a network for > multiuser access and probably not much more expensive if you use > older PCs as terminals. You do have to boot something, but x2go or You think that nobody on that project thought about this before? > freenx/NX are cross platform and have great remote performance. I'm > surprised no one has made a mini-linux distro that boots straight to > x2go for this purpose, but if they have, I haven't found it. It's not just remote X sessions. You want at least USB and audio redirection and also a decent 3D performance. We currently do that using spice for VMs, I don't know how feasible it is to run it on a real hardware. There are some good pro's on this setup: - this installation is physically simpler than having 4 full computers as it requires 1/4 of the wall plugs and network points - no single point of failure (as in: 4 seats down is okay), if you compare with ones using x2go and similar (application server) - easily scalable: need more seats? buy 1 computer more, you have +4 seats, and you're good. No server needs to be re-evaluated. - easier to maintain, as you maintain 1/4 of the systems you would otherwise. - very cost effective with commodity hardware, that everyone knows how to deal with. - vendor independent And probably many others that I forgot :) Not saying it's the best, though. Just saying that yes this is a good project that is well plotted and has its audience. Marcelo