Re: [gentoo-user] Multiseat -- LTSP?

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>>> Can you rely on Xorg devs to ensure that they are not going to break your
>>> multiseat system in the future?
>>
>> Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't know why there would be (much) more
>> likelihood of regression with Xorg multiseat than with anything else,
>> including LTSP and all of its dependencies.
>
> Because fewer people are testing it.

That's fair but Gentoo makes it easy to roll back if necessary.

> You can get low-powered Linux systems for $100 or $150 - either a little MIPs ShivaPlug or (I guess) a secondhand atom nettop (Acer Revo).
>
> If you save 2 hours per machine by using a standard and common thinclient configuration, then the hardware has paid for itself.

You're saying use built-in thin-client firmware (on the SheevaPlug for
example) along with something like VNC or NX on the server to save
time over an LTSP setup?  That would mean giving up some software
control.  Assuming multiseat works, is there an advantage to this over
multiseat?

> If you have to employ a Linux sys admin to help you fix a complicated problem with Xorg multiseat, then it will run you at least $100 or $150 for those 2 hours. That's how you should be valuing your own time, too.

LTSP and its host of dependencies seem much more complicated to me
than multiseat.

- Grant