[gentoo-user] Combining multiple workstations (multiseat)

[gentoo-user] Combining multiple workstations (multiseat)

[Grant]

I'd like to minimize the number of systems I administrate by combining
my and my wife's laptops into one, and combining multiple workstations
in an office into one.

Would USB LCD screens, keyboards, and mice be sufficient or do I also
need something like the following for each seat?

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-DC-125-Docking-Station-Multiseat/dp/B004PXPPNA

I'm hoping to use a Pandaboard ES ARM SoC as the host system in the
office where only light web browsing is required.

Has anyone set up a multiseat layout on Gentoo?  Am I going about this
the right way?

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Combining multiple workstations (multiseat)

[J. Roeleveld]

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Grant,

I have seen howtos for this using Xen.
These were to allow multiple people to play 3D games using one PC and multiple screens/keyboards/mice.

I don't have the URL handy atm.

--
Joost


Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'd like to minimize the number of systems I administrate by combining
>my and my wife's laptops into one, and combining multiple workstations
>in an office into one.
>
>Would USB LCD screens, keyboards, and mice be sufficient or do I also
>need something like the following for each seat?
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-DC-125-Docking-Station-Multiseat/dp/B004PXPPNA
>
>I'm hoping to use a Pandaboard ES ARM SoC as the host system in the
>office where only light web browsing is required.
>
>Has anyone set up a multiseat layout on Gentoo?  Am I going about this
>the right way?
>
>- Grant

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[gentoo-user] Re: Combining multiple workstations (multiseat)

[James]

Grant <emailgrant <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I'm hoping to use a Pandaboard ES ARM SoC as the host system in the
> office where only light web browsing is required.

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=4&chap=9

If you have not purchase the panda board yet (Arm A9) there are
some new, smoking Arm (A-15) dev boards out that look very keen:

http://www.howchip.com/shop/content.php?co_id=ArndaleBoard_en

http://www.phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/phycore/omap5430/

And of coarse the venerable Samsung Arm Chromebook:

http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
devices/samsung-arm-chromebook

(highly recommended by Vapier)

hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Combining multiple workstations (multiseat)

[Grant]

>> I'm hoping to use a Pandaboard ES ARM SoC as the host system in the
>> office where only light web browsing is required.
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=4&chap=9

I've installed Gentoo on a couple of Beaglebones.  Being a
source-based distro, ARM support on Gentoo is stellar.    IMHO, ARM is
slowly replacing x86 and this is a great opportunity for Gentoo to
grab some user share.  Here's my greatest ever contribution to this
list: buy NASDAQ:ARMH.

Anyway, it's using DisplayLink on the ARM system that I'm worried
about.  Linux support at all seems to be a matter of disagreement:

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DisplayLink

http://displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=61689

> If you have not purchase the panda board yet (Arm A9) there are
> some new, smoking Arm (A-15) dev boards out that look very keen:
>
> http://www.howchip.com/shop/content.php?co_id=ArndaleBoard_en

That's a beauty and scheduled for November.

http://www.arndaleboard.org

> http://www.phytec.com/products/system-on-modules/phycore/omap5430/
>
> And of coarse the venerable Samsung Arm Chromebook:
>
> http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-
> devices/samsung-arm-chromebook
>
> (highly recommended by Vapier)

Nice one.  I have a Dell XPS 13 which looks very similar but it isn't
fanless....

- Grant