any other multiseat program

[yashwant]

any other multiseat program

[pdavis]

I believe, based on hours of online research, that ibik's Aster is the front runner in this category by a huge margin. There have been some other similar solutions such as (at the time of this post):

• Thinsoft's BeTwin - hasn't been updated since Windows 7!

• MiniFrame's SoftXpand - went out of business some time ago.

• FriendlySeats - has not been updated since Windows XP!

• Useful's Simple Desktop Virtualization - This product is no longer listed on their website.

VMware Workstation Pro and Unraid are two other products that pop up. Both are good but I don't feel that they should be directly compared to Aster because:

• Separate versions of Windows must be licensed and installed

• CPU, memory, and hard drive resources must be allocated rather than just shared

• Not stand alone applications

• Much more complex

• Much harder to install, setup, and maintain

• Don't dynamically share resources

• Run desktops in isolation

• Primary goal of these solutions is not multiseat

In some instances the above may be viewed as a positive, but if you are looking for something simple and straight forward then some of the above may be negatives.

[taifo]

Yeah, I ran into the same thing, most of the older multiseat options are either discontinued or stuck in the XP/Win7 era. Aster really seems to be the only one still being developed and supported. I was hoping there’d be a newer competitor by now, but so far, nothing that really compares in terms of ease of use.