[PLUG] Re: multiple users (was re: Thunderbird)

[Michael M.]

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 13:24 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:

>    Read 'man adduser' for your distribution. It lets you have multiple users
> (you add them as root). Then you and your wife can log in individually and
> have your own data files while sharing applications. However, unless you have
> a separate workstation for her, only one of you can control the monitor and
> keyboard at any given time.
> 
> Rich
> 

One thing I thought was interesting about Groovix's
( http://groovix.com/solutions.html ) options is that they make a point
of stressing the multi-user capabilities in Linux.  They set-up their
buying configuration options so that it is easy for you to buy one
computer (CPU) with multiple terminals, which of course is less
expensive than buying multiple workstations.  And they will
pre-configure the OS for as many users as you want.  They point out how
easy it is to play multi-player games from the same computer with each
player getting their own terminal.  Semi-savvy Linux users know all this
already, but they seem to be aiming as much or more at Windows users who
wouldn't have thought of it.  It's a selling point I had not noticed any
consumer-oriented Linux vendors emphasizing before.

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Michael M. -- Portland, OR -- USA
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