Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> writes: First off, thanks, thanks and thanks for the details and sharing of your experience.
Also helpful tips and suggestions concerning my niece and linux distros. All very helpful and appreciated. Saving both yours and Strollers' posts since as you've noted both are a good jump above my paygrade and the info is worth keeping. Further, `Sargent' Stroller has helped me on repeated other occasions, and always to good effect. OH, yeah, and the incidental comments.. thanks for that too. Unfortunately the only thing I see in the entire BIOS that even mentions USB is a switch to activate or deactivate those USB ports on the front panel. But anyway, all is a moot point for the moment. Michael M. wrote: > I get it. You fancy yourself an expert on KVMs. Do you realize that > KVM hardware is liable to be around as diverse as GPS and serial > dongle hardware? That's pretty significant. Here I must clarify a little. `Fancying' ones self an expert does not often begin with the thought: "I'm a dimwit with little expertise ....." And continue with the thought: and yet have been able to run linux, windows and Solaris through various brands of KVMs for years. Ergo, KVMs must be stable enough to allow that circumstance. as was expressed in OP. And it was said against the notion that running a KVM was akin to balancing a playing card on its edge in a high wind (without bending). I should add to be fair that my usage is very minor. Nothing commercial whatsoever, not even anything that could not be lost entirely and started over without out much of a dent... strictly lightweight usage, so fiddling with a KVM is always an option... probably not so in the usage of many on this list.
