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On 17/09/12 22:04, Rob Beard wrote: > On 17/09/12 21:49, paul sutton wrote: >> On 17/09/12 20:32, Rob Beard wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> I was thinking today about possibly interesting things to play with at >>> the Exeter LUG meetings and one thing I've played with in the past >>> (rather unsuccessfully I might add) is multi-head X. >>> >>> Basically the idea is you have a PC with one or more graphics cards (I >>> think it might be possible with multi head graphics cards too but >>> without things like 3D or video acceleration) and multiple keyboards >>> and mice attached and each display/keyboard/mouse combo have their own >>> session. In a way it's a bit like LTSP but on the one machine. >>> >>> I was thinking if we had enough hardware (such as PCI graphics cards >>> and sound cards) we could maybe try and get something running. It >>> could be a good option to offer to local groups that might want a PC >>> or two (and I'd like to get something like this working to stop my >>> kids squabbling over who uses the family PC :-P). >>> >>> Rob >>> >> Won't that cause issues with sound etc. I got the impression ltsp was >> stuff was loaded from a central server but run locally, > > Nope, with LTSP everything runs on the server and the output it sent > to the client (although IIRC on newer LTSP setups the clients boot a > stripped down distro and then connect to an X session over SSH). > > I'm sure there's a way around the sound option. I was reading up a > bit about it earlier. > >> >> I put a note on the heles angels site (http://www.helesangels.org.uk/) >> asking if anyone has a raspberry Pi but no one has replied as yet, >> maybe other local groups are interested but need some help / advice >> on it. >> > > I contacted them a while ago, no one bothered to get back to me. Not > sure if going in to see them would do any good. I might go in next > month when I've got some free time. > > Rob > > Try the YMCA, IIRC one of the guys at Paignton YMCA has used ubuntu or at least knows about it, which helps when discussing Linux Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq