[kwlug disc.] Multi-headed Linux server

[Bob Jonkman]

At the meeting on Monday talk drifted to an idea of Brent Clement's: Get one powerful honking 
Linux server and hang a bunch of keyboards, mouses and monitors off it, then use it as a 
relatively cheap multi-user server.  The trick, of course, is to keep track of all the various 
keyboard and mouse events, and make sure they all work the correct display.

There's a bit of hardware that makes this much easier:  Ndiyo, essentially a VNC client in a 
matchbox. See the picture on http://www.ndiyo.org/intro/summary  (the Web site is awful wordy 
for a box that's so small).  An even smaller device can be seen at 
http://www.ndiyo.org/blog/2006/12/06/a-sneak-preview/

--Bob.


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