I do it all the time, I have a 4 port KVM and have my Linux desktop, my Windows desktop, my Macintosh desktop and my Linux server all using the same keyboard/monitor/mouse Craig On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 19:59 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts. Remote access to the Windows machine works well > with rdesktop - I use it every day. It does not play games well, > however. > > Any thoughts on the sharing keyboard/mouse/monitor between the two > machines? > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 16:31 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: > > After a long battle with technology, gm5729 wrote: > > > Honestly the best choice is to get a gaming platform/console and use > > > it.... cheaper and designed for games > > > > I see you missed the OP's saying "one of my daughters likes to play WoW". You > > can't play WoW on a WiiXboxPS2 according to Blizzard, so that won't work for > > the OP's needs. > > > > Higher-end gaming was never my thing. xmame, snes9x, epsxe, sdl-gnuboy, and > > fceu = plenty to keep me amused. If the games that everybody likes will run > > OK on an older box with 2200MHz/512M/40G/reasonable graphics card (like the > > OP said), then it's reasonable to spend $350 on that. The graphics card spec > > really depends on the exact games the users want. To avoid hassles later, it > > might be worth getting a card that's a little more powerful than you need > > right now, since game updates may mean the GPU has to work harder. > > > > Remotely managing a 'Doze machine from a Linux machine can be done reasonably > > easily. Turn on whatever 'Doze uses for desktop sharing, then use rdesktop > > from the Linux side. Or install TightVNC Server on the 'Doze machine and use > > any VNC client from the Linux machine. Remotely managing a Linux box from > > a 'Doze box is easy; just use PuTTY or a VNC client. HTH, > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss