Re: one desktop, two people, two keyboards and mice

On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 07:25 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 07:08:51PM +0000, Richard Henwood via desktop-devel-list wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I have a large monitor, and I would like to use my computer with my child.
> > My vision is for me and my child to have our own keyboards and mice. I
> > imagine working away on 'my side' of the screen, while they are working on
> > their side. Occasionally, I will 'reach across' and help them with what
> > they are working on.
> 
> As Niels already pointed out, multiseat is the word to look for here.
> However, the most common documentation on multiseat you will find is for
> separate sessions on the same host computer. The goal is to save on
> hardware, not collaboration.
> 
> If you google for MPX or Multi-Pointer X, that provides what you need and
> it's been supported in X since 2008 or so. Should be immediately available
> via:

Is there anything like MPX supported in gnome-shell's wayland session?

- ajax