2 users on one FC3 system?

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Mon Jan 24 15:43:59 UTC 2005


On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Analog Kid wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    My friend and I are planning to invest on a high-performance Dell
> Dimension 4700 with all the "max" specs (costs about $ 2500) for
> running a highly memory and processor intensive design software on
> FC3.
>
>    Is it possible for the two of us to work on the same system (i.e.
> CPU) simultaneously under different user logins? We do have 2
> monitors, 2 keyboards and 2 mouses. What is the best way to
> accomplish this task so that we both can share the available
> computing power simultaneously? Do we have to build a mini-LAN? In
> that case would we need another CPU?

linux won't be the bottleneck.  i think your bigger problem is whether
your design software is licensed for multi-user use.

rday




More information about the users mailing list