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

[Roger Critchlow]

I would expect that it should be able to do it.

It should also be able to produce a log of all keystrokes and mouse events
received and processed.

An audit laptop would be able to independently sniff the keystroke and
mouse events off the LAN and verify that the log from the test scoring
machine matches the events sent by the test taker machines.  It could also
detect interference on the LAN during the test session.

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On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:46 AM Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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