[FRIAM] Anyone on Friam know Linux capabilities on Pentium PCs ?

[Sarbajit Roy]

Thanks Gary

The question is this -- "Can a Pentium server at 1.5 GhZ with 4 GB RAM
running a proprietary Linux OS service 125 PCs on a LAN during an a
competitive exam and *very reliably* record every keystroke and mouse click
of each  of these 125 examinees. The same server is simultaneously also
disiplaying a unique exam on screen for each examinee where the sequence of
questions is jumbled and the answer options are jumbled for each examinee.

I am being flooded just now with complaints of a recent very prestigious
online exam in India where candidates all over India are saying their
answers have not been properly recorded. This is not the first time
similar complaints have come for this exam.

Also these local servers usually run Windows, but for this exam the exam
vendor loads his proprietary Linux OS as a dual boot along with his own
application software.

Sarbajit

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 10:52 PM Gary Schiltz <gary at naturesvisualarts.com>
wrote:

> Just my opinion, but I believe Linux is generally well suited for any
> server task. Especially on older and slower hardware
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:42 AM Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Friamers
>>
>> Can any guide me if a Pentium PC server at 1,.5 GhZ with 4 GB RAM on a
>> Linux version is capable of doing a certain task very reliably ?
>>
>> As it is a confidential thing, please message me directly.  I have to ask
>> as I don't use Linux.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Sarbajit Roy
>> New Delhi India
>>
>>
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