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Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 21, 2012 @05:37AM from the that's-a-big-itch-you've-got dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix reports on the progress of kmscon, David Herrmann's virtual console project that aims to supersede the Linux kernel's virtual terminal. kmscon takes advantage of modern Linux features such as kernel mode setting, direct rendering, and udev to provide hardware-accelerated rendering, full internationalization, monitor hot-plugging, and proper multi-seat support. A recent blog post by Herrmann addresses some of his frequently heard questions and criticisms about the kmscon project."

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Re:What's proper multi-seat support? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-08-21 05:57 · Score: 5, Informative

Dumb question, but what do they mean by proper multi-seat support?
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/Multiseat
> Multiseat is a model of computing that supports multiple local users using their sessions in a totally independent way. This looks quite similar to the old mainframe computer model, but with the "terminals" connected directly to single PC box. There's a lot of people that use and sell multiseat Linux systems due its low cost which qualifies it as a wonderful "techno-social" model of computing.