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The X Window System didn't immediately have X terminals

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110 points zdw | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 03:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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somat ◴[23 Jun 25 13:25 UTC] No.44355587[source]▶
The tricky thing about justifying an X terminal is that it requires a nice graphics system and probably a nice cpu to drive that graphics system as well, so really the only thing you don't need is storage. basically it is hard to save money because you are buying most of a nice computer anyway.
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msh ◴[23 Jun 25 14:16 UTC] No.44356037[source]▶
The Sun Ray terminals they used at my university back in the early 2000s was very nice.
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1. rbanffy ◴[23 Jun 25 18:50 UTC] No.44358818[source]▶
Sadly they used a proprietary protocol. I don’t think there is much software to make them usable today, unlike X terminals, which still can be useful daily drivers (if you don’t use browser based apps).