On Wed, 2 May 2012, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2012 07:00:37 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=plugable_multiseat_kick&num=1 > > > >This is a USB device which can plug into a normal PC running Linux > >(Fedora 17 is mentioned). You then connect a DisplayLink monitor, USB > >keyboard and mouse to the device. And you have a multi-user system on a > >single PC. Not a "server" PC with other PCs connected as "clients", but > >just one single PC. Reminds me of what could be done with MP/M-80 (the > >multiuser version of CP/M-80), except back then it was a serial > >(RS-232?) connected keyboard/display. Or, maybe, an S/360 with a > >2260(?) or 3272(?). > > > > Ah! The complement to the KVM switch! But it probably has the "client" > PC embedded in the USB plug. I wonder what OS it runs? Is there an X11 > server either in the USB plug or in the DisplayLink monitor? Does it > need a driver?
I would use either X11 or RDP/VNC. And just recently I have learned about Wayland, which is to be alternative to X, because X is "too complicated" (which doesn't mean Wayland stays simple over long time). Actually, I would consider using some cheap netbooted laptop(s), because I don't have to care about Windows drivers :-). And to run X-server with non-demanding 2D apps, I think 64MB of ram is much more than sufficient (nowadays, it will be a bit hard to find machine with this low mem). Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
