Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Linux thin clients
On Sunday 10 May 2009 14:09:18 john wrote:
> What about a kvm switch. You can get these to handle 2, 4 or even twelve
> computers. This would mean that you would only need one monitor, one
> keyboard and one mouse.
>
> You can then reduce the number desktops to what computer power is needed to
> handle the Window VMs.
> On Sunday 10 May 2009 11:11:13 Paul Stimpson wrote:
[snip clear but ineviatably lengthy description of what is needed]
> > I don't think the individual clients need to do much other than connect
> > to their own VM (RDP?) And maybe surf the net independently.
John -
The OP seemed to me to be wanting a large number of users to be able to use
one computer; not one user be able to access many computers. One or more KVM
switches would thus not solve anything.
