Not the OP, but I've thought about doing something like this, because you can justify a much fancier computer if it's shared. I have no reason for 16-cores, but 16-cores across three people is reasonable, maybe not even enough, so better get something bigger.

Then at least 64 GB of ram, and a sweet disk array, etc.

I did run a dual head Windows environment for a while, but it did have issues from time to time.

Yes, need at least one beefy system for gaming, why not let everyone share it ? Could run machine learning during the night.

Having everyone gathered in the same room is also a feature. But you will want to have a good headset =)

Did try Windows but Windows has no built in support for multi seat, so it didn't work well. Linux however have great support.

> Did try Windows but Windows has no built in support for multi seat, so it didn't work well.

Windows kind of does have built in support for multi seat[1], it's just Microsoft won't sell it to you, and if they did, licensing costs would be enormous for 2-5 people; I was using third party software to enable multiseat, which worked ok for the version of windows it was built for, but hotplugging USB was always an opportunity for calamity, etc.

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/multi...