[GRLUG] What is Multiseat?

Thu Oct 1 11:32:40 EDT 2009

Yep, I know all about XDCMP.
The Multiseat technique is using a single PC with multiple sets of video
cards and usb hub/mice/keyboard sets to reduce hardware costs.  Each seat
runs a separate X server.  Per-seat cost was under $200 not including
monitor.  Building few machines meant we could build better machines - quad
core, lots of memory, solid state disk drives, etc.  We provisioned 32 seats
with building just 8 PCs, with 4 seats per PC.

It's described here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX

Darrin

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> From: Darrin Sculley <darrin at sculley.cc>
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> All,
> First posting to this mailing list.  Hello!  Hope to meet you all at the
> September meeting when its scheduled (or next meeting).
>
> Newbie to Linux, so be patient with me.  Lots of PC experience, but not
> with
> Linux.
>
> Looking to share stories.  This past year, I helped the school that my
> children attend to switch to Linux.  New lab, with 32 seats.  MultiseatX
> with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server.  Very challenging and fun to
> build the computers and get Multiseat working.
>
> Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?
>
> I would be glad to share specifics about hardware and configuration
> choices,
> if the group is interested.
>
> Darrin
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> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:19 -0400
> From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] New Ubuntu Student Lab with MultiseatX
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> > Looking to share stories.  This past year, I helped the school that my
> > children attend to switch to Linux.  New lab, with 32 seats.
> >  MultiseatX with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server.  Very
> > challenging and fun to build the computers and get Multiseat working.
> > Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?
>
> Never even heard of it.  And at a glance I don't get it.  What is
> different between "Multiseat" and just using XDMCP (as X-terminals [the
> physical things, not "xterm"] have done for years?
>
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> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:05:10 -0400
> From: Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] New Ubuntu Student Lab with MultiseatX
> To: grlug at grlug.org
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> A great story!  Helping switch a large
> number of people from windoz to Linux
> is a major contribution.  And it looks like
> you've create a machine (lab) where the
> crank can continue to be turned.
>
> Nice work.  And welcome to the list.
>
>   -- Bob
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Darrin Sculley <darrin at sculley.cc> wrote:
>
> > All,
> > First posting to this mailing list.  Hello!  Hope to meet you all at the
> > September meeting when its scheduled (or next meeting).
> >
> > Newbie to Linux, so be patient with me.  Lots of PC experience, but not
> > with Linux.
> >
> > Looking to share stories.  This past year, I helped the school that my
> > children attend to switch to Linux.  New lab, with 32 seats.  MultiseatX
> > with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server.  Very challenging and fun
> to
> > build the computers and get Multiseat working.
> >
> > Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?
> >
> > I would be glad to share specifics about hardware and configuration
> > choices, if the group is interested.
> >
> > Darrin
> >
> >
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