I am a Linux N00B. I have had a long history with windows from 3.1 through the line, and Mac OS 8 etc. I tried out Red Hat a few years ago, but it had almost none of the tools I needed at the time. Now, I've gone back to it, I'm using Mandrake 10.1 Official. I've read a few things that point to Linux being a "multiuser" platform. I'm curious what exactly that means, and how it is accomplished. I do have an end goal in mind: I administrate a small private school, and I would like to establish computer classes, covering word processing, spreadsheets, etc - the basics. Because I don't have a large budget, Linux would work perfectly because I wouldn't have to worry about licensing costs. And if multiuser would truly do what it sounds like it does, this could potentially reduce my hardware costs as well. Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?

Thank you,

JB

You can create multiple user accounts in Linux, each with its own home directory and access rights. If access is provided via a modem, a dumb terminal, or a network connection, multiple users can access the system and run programs simultaneously.

OK, so you can't run, say, 3 monitors/keyboards/mice from the same CPU. You actually need a computer for each user??? I have seen terminals on a UNIX mainframe, is the same thing possible with a GUI?? Where would I find such a terminal?

Thanks,

JB

For gui you need video card, so you need computer. As X is a server, this is easy to
connect computer clients on it with network.