From: | Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> | ||
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To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP? | ||
Date: | Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:04:06 | ||
Message-Id: | 201201291202.41092.michaelkintzios@gmail.com | ||
In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP? by Grant |
1 | On Sunday 29 Jan 2012 05:26:28 Grant wrote: |
2 | > I'd like to have multiple users working from separate monitors, |
3 | > keyboards, and mice, but all connected to a single Gentoo computer. |
4 | > The main purpose is to minimize sys admin duties but hardware and |
5 | > power requirements would also be minimized. |
6 | > |
7 | > Apparently this is called "multiseat" and native support in Xorg might |
8 | > not be ready for primetime: |
9 | > |
10 | > http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/Multiseat |
11 | > http://vignatti.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/multiseat-roadmap |
12 | > |
13 | > There is a configuration tool for Xorg multiseat called MDM: |
14 | > |
15 | > http://wiki.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiseat/index.php/Mdm |
16 | > |
17 | > but from what I've read it isn't ideal. Besides Xorg multiseat I've |
18 | > read about LTSP and a few others: |
19 | > |
20 | > http://www.ltsp.org |
21 | > http://www.thinstation.org |
22 | > http://automseat.sourceforge.net |
23 | > http://www.openthinclient.org |
24 | > |
25 | > There are also a lot of proprietary options. Is LTSP the way to go? |
26 | |
27 | It may be, but as with all thin client models you would need a terminal |
28 | computer for each user. |
29 | |
30 | If you only have one machine and monitors, keyboards and mice for each user |
31 | then you'll need multiple video cards (and a strong power supply) for your |
32 | only PC. In this case something like http://automseat.sourceforge.net may be |
33 | more appropriate. However, I have not used anything like this set up to offer |
34 | an opinion on performance. |
35 | |
36 | At work we use thin clients running Debian to serve MSWindows server desktop |
37 | and apps to users. This setup uses the Citrix ica protocol, but I'm thinking |
38 | that FreeNX coupled with VNC or relevant KDE or Gnome remote desktop |
39 | implementation would probably work nicely and offer LAN and remote connection |
40 | security at the same time. |
41 | -- |
42 | Regards, |
43 | Mick |
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