Yep, I know all about XDCMP.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It's described here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX</a></div><div><br></div><div>Darrin</div><div><br>
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Subject: Sign up Now for GLSEC<br>
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Sign up now for this year?s Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference<br>
(GLSEC) <<a href="http://www.glsec.org/" target="_blank">http://www.glsec.org/</a>> that is being held on Monday, Nov. 16 and<br>
Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Prince Center, Calvin College Campus, Grand Rapids,<br>
Michigan.<br>
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First day (Nov. 16) tutorial<br>
topics<<a href="http://www.glsec.org/pages/Tutorials_2009" target="_blank">http://www.glsec.org/pages/Tutorials_2009</a>>and speakers include:<br>
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- Natural Laws of Software Development by Ron Jeffries and Chet<br>
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- Help! I?ve Got a Sharepoint Site by Becky Bertram<br>
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- Good Communication without Saying a<br>
Word<<a href="http://glsec.org/pages/Program_2009#Bailey" target="_blank">http://glsec.org/pages/Program_2009#Bailey</a>><br>
- Eggs, Beef, and Agile. What Does 'Grade' Have to do With Project<br>
Quality? <<a href="http://glsec.org/pages/Program_2009#Beeson" target="_blank">http://glsec.org/pages/Program_2009#Beeson</a>><br>
- Improving our Craft: A Discussion on Software<br>
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- What's the Right Level of<br>
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- JCI Experience Report: Using Agile Methods to Deploy Useful<br>
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Register today to become a part of one of the Midwest?s most diverse and<br>
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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:50:54 -0400<br>
From: Darrin Sculley <darrin@sculley.cc><br>
Subject: [GRLUG] New Ubuntu Student Lab with MultiseatX<br>
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All,<br>
First posting to this mailing list. Hello! Hope to meet you all at the<br>
September meeting when its scheduled (or next meeting).<br>
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Newbie to Linux, so be patient with me. Lots of PC experience, but not with<br>
Linux.<br>
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Looking to share stories. This past year, I helped the school that my<br>
children attend to switch to Linux. New lab, with 32 seats. MultiseatX<br>
with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server. Very challenging and fun to<br>
build the computers and get Multiseat working.<br>
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Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?<br>
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I would be glad to share specifics about hardware and configuration choices,<br>
if the group is interested.<br>
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Darrin<br>
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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:19 -0400<br>
From: Adam Tauno Williams <<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] New Ubuntu Student Lab with MultiseatX<br>
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> Looking to share stories. This past year, I helped the school that my<br>
> children attend to switch to Linux. New lab, with 32 seats.<br>
> MultiseatX with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server. Very<br>
> challenging and fun to build the computers and get Multiseat working.<br>
> Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?<br>
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Never even heard of it. And at a glance I don't get it. What is<br>
different between "Multiseat" and just using XDMCP (as X-terminals [the<br>
physical things, not "xterm"] have done for years?<br>
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Message: 4<br>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:05:10 -0400<br>
From: Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] New Ubuntu Student Lab with MultiseatX<br>
To: <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>
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A great story! Helping switch a large<br>
number of people from windoz to Linux<br>
is a major contribution. And it looks like<br>
you've create a machine (lab) where the<br>
crank can continue to be turned.<br>
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Nice work. And welcome to the list.<br>
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-- Bob<br>
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On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Darrin Sculley <darrin@sculley.cc> wrote:<br>
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> All,<br>
> First posting to this mailing list. Hello! Hope to meet you all at the<br>
> September meeting when its scheduled (or next meeting).<br>
><br>
> Newbie to Linux, so be patient with me. Lots of PC experience, but not<br>
> with Linux.<br>
><br>
> Looking to share stories. This past year, I helped the school that my<br>
> children attend to switch to Linux. New lab, with 32 seats. MultiseatX<br>
> with Ubuntu 9.04 connected to a Ubuntu server. Very challenging and fun to<br>
> build the computers and get Multiseat working.<br>
><br>
> Has anyone else out there tried Multiseat?<br>
><br>
> I would be glad to share specifics about hardware and configuration<br>
> choices, if the group is interested.<br>
><br>
> Darrin<br>
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