1 Machine 3 Users at a time Usage Possible
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Twenty exclamation points are not necessary in question titles.
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No easy way to do this, you need special hardware and software to split up the KVM connections.
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@Lakshmana said in 1 Machine 3 Users at a time Usage Possible:
One friend asked me a doubt that he has one computer in his home.Where he used to login daily.The system is used by every family members.He thinks to be the machine parallel used by all the members while the machine is switched on?Whether it is possible???
I could not resist but to think about the game The Settlers when I was reading this. 2 mouses and split screen on one computer with a 14" CRT.
Are the family members supposed to use the computer at the same time? Because that would not make sense at all. Think about ergonomics, how are they supposed to share a maybe 24" screen with 3 persons? Where to put 3 keyboards?
I guess one could setup something like this using X11 or Wayland, but on Windows without violating EULA...
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@thwr said in 1 Machine 3 Users at a time Usage Possible:
@Lakshmana said in 1 Machine 3 Users at a time Usage Possible:
One friend asked me a doubt that he has one computer in his home.Where he used to login daily.The system is used by every family members.He thinks to be the machine parallel used by all the members while the machine is switched on?Whether it is possible???
I could not resist but to think about the game The Settlers when I was reading this. 2 mouses and split screen on one computer with a 14" CRT.
Are the family members supposed to use the computer at the same time? Because that would not make sense at all. Think about ergonomics, how are they supposed to share a maybe 24" screen with 3 persons? Where to put 3 keyboards?
I guess one could setup something like this using X11 or Wayland, but on Windows without violating EULA...
Ha, got it: 2-3 VMs with static mouse and keyboard assignments. I'm not aware of any hypervisor who can do this, but in theory... this should work
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@hobbit666 Yep. XenServer, it's almost magic. In the way that any advanced technology will seem to be magic to someone who is not familiar with it.
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Maybe some more background here, why does your friend want to do this and has he considered what hardware he will need to buy?
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I'm having a hard time understanding the situation, but could the friend be referring to users simply switching accounts and leaving the other accounts "logged in", but not in use?
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@Jstear I was wondering the same thing.
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@Danp same here
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None of it is very clear.
