ill pay for hexOS if it makes multiseat a wizard and no messing around with grub etc.

[mirddes]

from installing the virtual machines to passing through pcie GPU/USB cards to telling grub not to assign the root device to hexOS i would very much like deploying multiseat HexOS to be as simple as enumerating my devices and selecting them from a list much like ASTERmultiseat and the various implementations that came before it. and like with proxmox i would very much appreciate being able to have one of the seats be a hackintosh, another linux and the rest windows, without having to jump through any hoops.

multiseat is the most affordable way for a family to expand their computing capacity for WFH, homework, gaming, etc.
now whilst something like aster or SR-IOV can share a GPU between multiple users, my expectations would be wildly exceeded  if this functionality were to be implemented.


then linus can do a hexOS / 10 gamers 1 CPU with like 2 graphics cards to show the potential scale of such a mighty solution.

[jonp]

This is actually something we intend to do using vfio stubbing if that's what you're referring to here.  VMs are a 2026 objective for us. 

[mirddes]

that's really good news to hear.

like im just wanting to pass a GPU and USB controller through to each VM so my machine acts like 5 physical computers; thin clients without the thin clients.

ive got a mix of aged PCIe GPUs with atleast a gig or two per card and replacing them with modern hardware at some point would be neat but no hurry; my GPU graveyard keeps on entertaining the kids with their minecraft and coolmathgames, etc.



 

[jonp]

9 hours ago, mirddes said:

then linus can do a hexOS / 10 gamers 1 CPU with like 2 graphics cards to show the potential scale of such a mighty solution.

One interesting thing is I was actually his software support contact behind the scenes (previous job) and helped him a lot with the multi seat gaming videos starting with 2 gamers 1 cpu but especially the 7 gamers one with the custom water block for the AMD cards. I had him setup remote access including a webcam that was pointed at all the monitors on the ground so I could see them light up for gpu pass through. Was a helluva project!!

[Mobius]

truly wild times
i look forward to the inevitable 100 gamers 1 cpu video

[Todd Miller]

???  What future do you crazy dreamers live in?  🤪

[Mawson]

I am very interested in this!

[G-M0N3Y-2503]

I hope that one day we'll see GPU virtualisation not relegated to datacenters, maybe if Intel makes a card worth splitting up. I've looked into the software side and there are too many competing ideas that all require a lot of maintainers by the looks of it so I'm doubtful of long-term support.