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Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde

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On 02/17/2018 01:19 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> On 02/17/18 04:46, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 02/17/2018 01:57 AM, deloptes wrote:
>>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Therefore I'll change my metaphor.
>>>> It is routine for one machine to support multiple independent 
>>>> terminals.
>>>> Logically one expect that those terminals could appear on the host 
>>>> device.
>>>>
>>>> How might this be done?
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> first you write you want to have independent terminals on your 
>>> machine and
>>> then you complain that the workspaces share same background icon.
>>> Can you clarify what you want to achieve.
>>>
>>> If you want to configure your workspaces differently and want to use 
>>> light
>>> weight desktop you could try TDE which is continuation of KDE3. There 
>>> you
>>> can configure the background per workspace.
>>>
>>
>> Asking on a local users group led to
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration>
>> which describes what triggered my thoughts.
>> It links to  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System>
>> which outlines what has to happen behind the scenes to have the
>> user experience I want.
>>
>> In a related post here, Curt referred me to KDE's "activities"
>>
>> <https://www.datamation.com/open-source/how-to-setup-kde-activities.html>
>> which links to
>>
>> <https://www.datamation.com/open-source/how-to-setup-kde-activities.html>, 
>>
>>
>> <https://www.datamation.com/open-source/what-makes-a-classic-linux-desktop-classic-1.html>, 
>> and
>>    <https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-kde-plasma-activities/>
>>
>> I've reading to do.
>> Thank you.
> 
> Perhaps the Linux Terminal Server Project is what you seek (?):
> 
> http://ltsp.org/
> 

I don't think so.
ALTHOUGH visualizing such a setup influenced how I phrased things.
The key difference for my use everything is in a single laptop.
Thanks.

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Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-17 08:10 +0100
  Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 09:00 +0100
    Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-17 13:50 +0100
      Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-02-17 20:30 +0100
        Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-17 20:40 +0100
          Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-02-18 02:40 +0100
            Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-18 04:00 +0100
  Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2018-02-17 12:50 +0100
    Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-02-17 14:30 +0100
      Re: Multiple independent terminals on a single machinde deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 14:40 +0100

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