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What do you think is missing at the moment? Ubuntu has a simple setup page, so you don't need extra software https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiseatTeam/Instructions

There's also a number of companies selling desktop terminals you can connect to anything running NX. (Or some other server)

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I think it should be a no-brainer e.g. Aster for Windows 7 and 10. It is plug and play with a simple GUI configuration step. The instructions you have mentioned are more than three years old.

Unless it is easily available, it is not going to be used. As soon as you get into desktop terminals, there is dependency on an outside vendor which then becomes a vendor lock.

I'm not sure why being more than 3 years old is an issue - the functionality was supported for longer than that time. The setup is close to trivial - if you're aware of the multi seat configuration, you should be able to follow the simple 6 steps. I mean, you started from "I need a custom-built computer with N video cards and enough hubs for 2N USB ports", so we're not exactly talking beginners here.

People used to Windows are just like beginners for Linux. It is difficult to empathise with a beginner but there are just too many versions, different for single card, multiple cards, X, gdm, xephyr etc., making it abstruse.

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