can i share my box this way ?

tacca · 10-23-2004, 04:46 PM

i have one box running suse9.1
but two monitors and keyboards and mice
and i have network cable that connect two pc directly

can i share my box as if there were two boxes ?
i mean running two window managers on each machine at the same time ?
what other hardware do i need ?

or if not
how can i make best use of all my existing hardware ?

thanks

Samsara · 10-23-2004, 04:54 PM

Usually, people in your situation would buy a second-hand low-spec box (like a pentium II), install just a basic linux system with X and a window manager and use it as a "thin client". You can attach to an X session on the other machine and let all the programs run there, so your slow pII processor would hardly be used. You could probably pick up a suitable box for less than 200 Euros.

Having said that, I've never tried it myself because I don't own enough machines *sob*.

HTH,

Samsara