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

Nevermind on this.  I'm back in now.

- Grant