Multiseat status?

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:18:35AM -0700, David L wrote:
> I seem to recall that multiseat was a proposed feature
> for f11.  But it didn't seem to make it into the final list:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList
> 
> Also, I don't see it on the f12 list:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/FeatureList
> 
> What's up with multiseat?  I was thinking of buying a
> new computer to use in two adjacent rooms in my
> house with just a video cable running through the
> wall (wireless mouse/keyboard)... is that going to be
> a possibility with fedora 12?  If so, any
> recommendations on hardware for a two seat fedora
> computer?  Ideally, I'd like to be able to simultaneously
> run mythtv frontends on both.  3D isn't important.

The mighty Chris Tyler has been trying to get this initiative moving
for a while, but hasn't had enough contributors to help him.  As your
post shows, there are people interested in using it -- but it's going
to take people *working* on it to make it happen.  If you're
interested in doing so, send him some email to talk to him about it!

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