>>How does one truly utilize Linux in a multi-user configuration?
>>I know of one hardware/software solution in the Windows environment using a
>>PCI card incorporating video/mouse/keyboard support. The following website
>>presents this solution, however they don't provide Linux support.
>>
>>http://www.applica.com/
>>What hardware/software solutions are there, if any, for Linux?
> Only in windows is this a big production number ...
> That is because windows is NOT truly a multiuser system
>
> In linux it is ALREADY there. I do it all the time.
> And as usual there are several ways.
>
> 1) the command line way:
>
> Just hook up all your linux systems in a LAN
> and use ssh to go to the other box.
> when there just run whatever application you want.
> ssh can be set up to login without an explicit password
>
> for your command-line challenged folks.
> create desktop shortcuts to run their applications
> on the "other" box.
>
> for instance, create a shortcut the runs the following command:
> ssh username@otherbox '/usr/bin/X11R6/xclock' at it will run xclock on the
> other box.
>
> 2) have xclients login to the remote box, as opposed to logging in to their
> own box.
This is basically what LTSP is about. One beefy server and some thin client
systems.
http://www.ltsp.org/
Also it is possible to distribute some of the workload of LTSP using openMosix
from what I understand...
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