Re:X Window System Basics
by badsectoracula on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @02:44PM
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> although even then, the concept of running the actual code remotely but the X server locally seems strange
I don't think it is strange when you consider that terminals (including some with graphical capabilities) where common back in the day, with multiple terminals connecting to a single beefy computer.
In fact there were even dedicated X terminals (basically cheap computers running an X server) in the early 90s:
Re:X Window System Basics
by JackFr on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:51PM
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I had a Tektronix dumb X terminal die with literal black smoke pouring out the back of it at work circa 1992. It turned out great cause I got a Sun as a replacement.
I don't think it is strange when you consider that terminals (including some with graphical capabilities) where common back in the day, with multiple terminals connecting to a single beefy computer.
In fact there were even dedicated X terminals (basically cheap computers running an X server) in the early 90s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_terminal