one desktop, two people, two keyboards and mice

[Richard Henwood <rjhenwood yahoo co uk>]

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.

I think libinput is part of the solution here. I added two mice it roughly worked but there are mice cursor artifacts. I guess that GNOME or possibly Wayland also needs some concept of multiple simultaneous inputs? I am on an Ubuntu 18.04 distro, so may be things have improved with more recent releases?

So, in short, does anyone have any pointers or suggestions for me to follow-up with?

best regards,

Richard