Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-23 Thread Phil Sexton
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Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-23 Thread Phil Sexton
Matthias Bethke wrote: I got a Linux box for my mum as well after her Mac died, so I know it's near impossible to teach some people about folder structures :) I have taught a few computer classes and that is one of the things I emphasized, no matter what the operating system. I have a small

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-23 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Mark, on Tuesday, 2005-12-20 at 07:40:42, you wrote: > > [thin client] > I'm sure that's possible. I could even use her current Win ME box in > some sort of dual boot config I suppose. However the reason I didn't > start with that idea is that I am not there to hand hold her. If she's > running

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-23 Thread Mattias Merilai
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, My dad had This article might be of help: http://disjunkt.com/dualhead/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/20/05, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > I'm sure that's possible. I could even use her current Win ME box in > > some sort of dual boot config I suppose. However the reason I didn't > > start with that idea is that I am not there to hand hold her. If she's > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Phil Sexton
Mark Knecht wrote: I'm sure that's possible. I could even use her current Win ME box in some sort of dual boot config I suppose. However the reason I didn't start with that idea is that I am not there to hand hold her. If she's running Gnome how do I ensure that everything is saved on the main m

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Martins Steinbergs
> > > > Can you get an older computer to use as a "thin client"? > > > > This link is to a distribution for a school to use one pretty > > good computer and a bunch of dumb terminals. You might be able > > to adapt the description of what it does to gentoo rather than > > the distro(s) it is base

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/20/05, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi, > >My dad had raised the question recently about getting my mom, now > > 76,using Linux. We went down the path of looking for a new machine but > > decided to put it off until after Christmas. I recently started >

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Phil Sexton
Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, My dad had raised the question recently about getting my mom, now 76,using Linux. We went down the path of looking for a new machine but decided to put it off until after Christmas. I recently started wondering about using a single computer for two separate people. Can X

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/20/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Andres Becerra Sandoval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/20/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >If I added a second VGA adapter, PCI based, and specifically made > > > sure it was something different from the NVi

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 12/20/05, Andres Becerra Sandoval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If I added a second VGA adapter, PCI based, and specifically made > > sure it was something different from the NVidia he has installed, and > > then added a USB keyboard and

Re: [gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Andres Becerra Sandoval
On 12/20/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >My dad had raised the question recently about getting my mom, now > 76,using Linux. We went down the path of looking for a new machine but > decided to put it off until after Christmas. I recently started > wondering about using a singl

[gentoo-user] Generic 2 monitor/2 keyboard question

2005-12-20 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, My dad had raised the question recently about getting my mom, now 76,using Linux. We went down the path of looking for a new machine but decided to put it off until after Christmas. I recently started wondering about using a single computer for two separate people. Can X do this? Neither