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Is there a multi-user system in which several users can log in simultaneously?

It should support several end-users with only one keyboard, mouse and monitor each. These users should be able to run programs simultaneously, as if they were on separate machines, but in reality they should be running the same machine.

Basically, I need a cost effective solution for computers in a 3rd world country where we could get a single computer behave like multiple computers using monitor and keyboard.

i would also like to have basic idea of its cost.

ahmed
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Your solution is unlikely to be satisfactory to your users. It would take a pretty serious desktop to run six or eight users' desktops, even if you installed six or eight video cards and six or eight different USB mouse/keyboards running at the same time.

I think the closest practical solution similar to what you're suggesting would be a Thin Client setup, where each user would have a low-end computer running off your more powerful server via LAN. You might gain a bit in the way of systems administration, but I don't know how much cheaper this would be than chromebooks, and older hardware that could run Lubuntu on it's own might be your best, fastest, and cheapest approach.

Marc
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I just found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration. It looks like Ubuntu and Userful have linux solutions. Full size keyboard, mouse, monitor and 720p video support sound nice for a full desktop experience.

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