[Bug 2632] New: Access X sessions from RDP dumb terminals

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           Summary: Access X sessions from RDP dumb terminals
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Server/general
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: duncan at innes.net


Is it anywhere near feasible to create an RDP layer to the X protocol?

I ask because of the sheer number of dumb terminals that run only RDP
connections.  For companies that use these terminals, the cost of migration to
Linux would have to include replacing all their RDP terminals with those that
run X11.

The correct terminology has escaped me since my Uni days, but . . .

Can an interface be constructed so that the dumb RDP terminal can connect to the
X server and be presented with the normal desktop via it's own protocols.

Perhaps it's not technically feasible.  Perhaps it's been dismissed before.  I
just thought I'd ask.

The perverse flip-side of this is that the dumb terminals we use here are
actually running Linux as their OS, but only allowing RDP connections.          
     
     
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