[olug] Web kiosk

[Aric Aasgaard]

Hmmmm that's an interesting idea.
I have not tried it but in theory
http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html

How does Linux handle multihead videocards?
In Windows ATI cards show up as 2 devices and Nvidia cards show as 1.

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
webtrekker at cox.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:43 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: [olug] Web kiosk

Hi All,
Looking for ideas on how to create a small (4 station/users) web kiosk setup
to allow for on-site user registration.  The idea is to have a single Linux
box that would allow 4 different users to access a specific website to
register for a conference.  I'm not sure how to go about attaching 4
keyboards, 4 mice and 4 monitors to a single computer while using a small
custom-locked Linux distro that only allows access to the registration
website.
I have found products like nComputing's X350 kit
(http://ncomputing.com/Solutions/Xseries.aspx) which looks like it would
work, but could this be built with standard components? 
Worse case, we could grab 4 old laptop from a recycler but would rather not
spend money on old hardware for a single use.

Thanks for any and all suggestions,
Patrick

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