one desktop, two people, two keyboards and mice

2020-03-22 Thread Richard Henwood via desktop-devel-list
Hi All, I have a large monitor, and I would like to use my computer with my child. My vision is for me and my child to have our own keyboards and mice. I imagine working away on 'my side' of the screen, while they are working on their side. Occasionally, I will 'reach across' and help them with

Re: one desktop, two people, two keyboards and mice

2020-03-22 Thread Niels De Graef via desktop-devel-list
Hey Richard, If I understood correctly, then the definition you are looking for is called *multi-seat* (where a "seat" represents a mouse/keyboard/...). First things first: unless something recently changed, I don't think multi-seat is supported in any Wayland compositor, so you'll have to fall b

Re: one desktop, two people, two keyboards and mice

2020-03-22 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 07:08:51PM +, Richard Henwood via desktop-devel-list wrote: > Hi All, > I have a large monitor, and I would like to use my computer with my child. > My vision is for me and my child to have our own keyboards and mice. I > imagine working away on 'my side' of the screen,