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Re: Multi-user - coconut's question

__/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 21 June 2006 10:41 \__

Hi, Bill. I wonder where you had gone, only yesterday.

> Background:-
> 
> - just seen this
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/21/matrox_ships_epica/
> - keep hearing how linux is a multi-tasking multi-user OS
> - not a clue what I'm talking about in this respect.
> 
> Tell me guys, what can and can't be done (with ease!) in this respect?


Everything you can do with existing operating systems from other vendors can
be done: Multiple virtual terminals, multiple sessions for different users
(some even connected remotely), saving of sessions, standby, hibernate,
multitasking, multithreading, alternation to priorities of processes/threads
queued to be handled. The following may remind you of a certain O/S:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=37395&file1=37395-1.jpg&file2=&file3=&name=Avio-GDM

As you can see (sorry about the lingual issue), users can 'swap' sessions,
among many other things. And look ma! No adverts *cough* in GDM.


> Obviously, I can and do have several accounts on my SUSE machine, me, wife,
> grand-kids, but we only ever use one account at once.  Is it actually
> possible to have several displays, keyboards and mice plugged into the
> machine, and two (or more!) people use it at the same time?
> - or is this sort of thing best not tried by the likes of me?


This requires an appliance or good knowledge of X and a HOWTO at hand.

Best wishes,

Roy


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