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On 17/09/12 20:32, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was thinking today about possibly interesting things to play with at > the Exeter LUG meetings and one thing I've played with in the past > (rather unsuccessfully I might add) is multi-head X. > > Basically the idea is you have a PC with one or more graphics cards (I > think it might be possible with multi head graphics cards too but > without things like 3D or video acceleration) and multiple keyboards > and mice attached and each display/keyboard/mouse combo have their own > session. In a way it's a bit like LTSP but on the one machine. > > I was thinking if we had enough hardware (such as PCI graphics cards > and sound cards) we could maybe try and get something running. It > could be a good option to offer to local groups that might want a PC > or two (and I'd like to get something like this working to stop my > kids squabbling over who uses the family PC :-P). > > Rob > Won't that cause issues with sound etc. I got the impression ltsp was stuff was loaded from a central server but run locally, I put a note on the heles angels site (http://www.helesangels.org.uk/) asking if anyone has a raspberry Pi but no one has replied as yet, maybe other local groups are interested but need some help / advice on it. Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq