Advocacy - Was: Re: Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

[Jon maddog Hall]

brian at datasquire.net said:
> The only problems I can see are where do you plug in the keyboard and mouse
> (assuming ps/2 rather than usb or how do you configure it if usb) ... and how
> long can you get the cabloes for this hydra?

A university in Curitiba, Brasil has set up a lab doing exactly this.
They use USB mice and keyboards.  They have the students line up in desks
in the lab, four across, with two students on one side and two students on
the other side, and the processor box in its own little holder in the center.

All power cords come back to a junction box by the processor, and to there
a major power cord comes out from the wall.  Four students on a side, eight
in a row across the room with an isle between the groups of four, and four
rows.  32 students to a room, but only eight processors.  The savings of
twenty-four processors reduces noise, heat, space usage, and (of course)
money.  They find the power enough for doing "student compiling", office
work, school "lab" type of work.

I am sure I could get them to give you more information about the configuration
if you wish, and if a 'google' could not give it to you.

md
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