tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27876765.post7718224740070049874..comments2024-03-20T13:37:39.909+01:00Comments on Day to day stuff: Multi user mac?Erik van Oostenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976519439979651010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27876765.post-70111825867828980162007-10-03T20:56:00.000+02:002007-10-03T20:56:00.000+02:00@Che, indeed, I mean multi-user in the sense that ...@Che, indeed, I mean multi-user in the sense that you can use the complete desktop and everything on a second monitor/mouse/keyboard. I guess the term multi-seat is better (but I think not by much).<BR/><BR/>OS X is of course very multi-user in the traditional sense. It is based on Unix after all!Erik van Oostenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15976519439979651010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27876765.post-74240993787625385462007-10-03T17:42:00.000+02:002007-10-03T17:42:00.000+02:00At the risk of sounding like a wiseguy: the Mac co...At the risk of sounding like a wiseguy: the Mac could hardly be more of a multiuser system.<BR/>Just ssh into your OS and you can have as many terminals as you want!<BR/><BR/>Just because one of the "terminals" is identical to the "server" does not mean it is not a multiuser system.<BR/><BR/>But I think you want to know why the Mac HARDWARE is not multiuser enabled. <BR/><BR/>Well, first you need to tell the OS to handle IO from different sources on different terminals - that should not be so difficult, especially if you have a USB keyboard. Same for the mouse.<BR/><BR/>The screen could be a bit tricky (does your mac support multiple output targets? my dell can only handle one... :( ) but if the hardware supports it, it's also not that difficult.<BR/><BR/>Thus I say: the mac hardware IS multiuser enabled! Just write the software that puts it together. :D<BR/><BR/>Might be a nice OSS project - spare time anybody? ;)<BR/><BR/>CheChehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073666483469758994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27876765.post-46097690157770669802007-09-16T14:49:00.000+02:002007-09-16T14:49:00.000+02:00Well, you could install ubuntu and run MultiseatX ...Well, you could install ubuntu and run MultiseatX (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX) .<BR/><BR/>I don't know if something similar exists for OsX though... technically it should be possible!p3t0rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324685808109803611noreply@blogger.com