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Multiple Users and Multiple Inputs on One Machine?

Posted by Cliff on from the now-this-is-multi-user dept.

BozoForPresident asks: "Not long after seeing a dual monitor setup for the first time I thought how useful it'd be to plug in another keyboard and mouse for a second user. That $4000 dual headed laptop (reported on Slashdot on Sunday March 16) becomes a more viable purchase when you add a couple of USB keyboards and mice for an additional user. Microsoft will never do it but how difficult would it be to make Linux handle 2 (or more) streams of input and direct them to their respective windows?"

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  1. Troll? by vandel405 · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Microsoft will never do it but how..."

    Whats up with the ask slashdot trolls as of late... come on!

    Last time i checked Windows already supported -
    Fast User Switching
    Multiple Mice
    Multiple Keyboard
    Multiple Monitors

    Try windows XP for the fast user switching,
    Multiple monitors have been there since win98.
    And just try plugging a USB keyboard/mouse into your laptop and you'll see that the orginals and usb ones work at the same time!

    So it isn't like they're that far from already having it.

    Linux is great, but no one likes zealots...