On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 04:07:17AM +0100, Michael Tinsay wrote: > Can this be duplicated using generic/non-branded cpus? I took a look > at HP's spec, and did not see any proprietary hardware, just an > ordinary cpu and a bunch of video cards and usb kb's, mice and > soundcards. I don't know about the software requirements to pull this > off.
A single-CPU multi-user setup using multiple video cards and USB keyboards and mouses can definitely be implemented using generic off-the-shelf commodity hardware and your GNU/Linux distribution of choice. You don't need any special software. A setup like this involves running one separate instance of the X server per terminal. Each X server instance will have its own configuration file that tells it which video card, keyboard and mouse are assigned to it. Of course you'll need enough CPU and memory to support your concurrent users, but other than that, it shouldn't be too difficult to implement. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : jijo.free.net.ph : When we speak of free software GNU/Linux Specialist : GnuPG 0x93B746BE : we refer to freedom, not price. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
