Re: One computer, two screens, keyboards and mouses?
From: Kris Persson (kripe_at_dev.null.com)
Date: 10/11/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:34:30 +1300
Jimi Hullegård wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want a system (ie computer) that can handle two simultaneous users, each
> with their own set of screen, keyboard and mouse.
>
> Since I use Windows now, I wanted to continue using windows. And I found a
> company that can make that possible:
> http://www.aldenassociates.net/
>
> But then I have gotten suggestions about FreeBSD, and that it can do this
> without special hardware. Apperantly it's called multiuser.
> Is that correct? Can I have a true multiuser system with FreeBSD and only
> one computer? If so, what is needed?
> And since I never ever has tried FreeBSD, how difficult is it to get the
> system up and running for a total newbie like me?
> I looked at www.freebsd.org and found nothing of real value when searching
> for multiuser.
Multiuser refers to something else, what you mean is multi-head.
This can be done with XFree86 v4 and probably also X.org. (These are the
standard windowing systems used with FreeBSD and other Unixes). I have
seen it done using Linux but I cannot see why it wouldn't work in
FreeBSD too. The guy I saw using this setup even took it one step
further and ran VMWare in full screen mode on one monitor so his
girlfriend could use Windows at the same time as he was using Linux but
that is of course optional.
Take a look at this website for some hints on how to set it all up (it's
for Linux but I think most information applies equally to FreeBSD).
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/3100/1/
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