[Discuss] can one safely login multiple times to the same user on a modern Linux desktop?

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 09/05/2012 08:33 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> I don't spend the entire day in front of the computer. Most days I need
> to do dishes or laundry, or leave the house on some errand. I rarely have
> more than a couple hours in the evening to work on long-term projects
> on the computer.
>
> And during the rest of the day, I often need to look things up, which
> typically takes a few seconds. If i had to login each time, then logout
> afterward, I'd be doing that 50 times a day, wasting huge amounts
> of time.
>
> If I have to pee while watching a movie, I'd have to hold it in while
> exiting mplayer and logging out, then when I returned I'd have to login,
> start mplayer, and try to remember how many minutes into the movie
> I had been. Way too disruptive of the movie-watching experience.
>
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There are simple solutions to the above issue.

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