Is there any other open-source thin client system ?

[Kevin Smathers]

B. Scott Smith wrote:
> Kevin Smathers wrote:
>> lizhong wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>     I have spent several months in learning the source code of vnc 
>>> free edition. Now I'm trying to get codes of some other thin client 
>>> systems.I know VNC is a partly open source project, and X is also 
>>> open source. But X is over complex and may cost me much time in 
>>> learning it.     Is there any other choice? I just want to know the 
>>> details in the protocols. VNC is a pixel-based system. It delivers 
>>> pixel in different encoding forms through the network.There are also 
>>> some other protocols which send drawing commands to the client, such 
>>> as X, SunRay.
>>>     Is there any suggestion?
>>>     Thank you for any help!
>> There are a lot of other protocols for thin clients.  Arguably the 
>> two most important standards based thin client protocols are ITU-T 
>> T.120; and the various RFCs and recommendations that comprise HTTP 
>> and HTML.  But there are dozens of older (and newer) alternatives to 
>> these.  Consider for example that for years Prodigy ran their 
>> Internet service using NAPLPS, or that VT100 emulation is still the 
>> defacto standard for all character oriented thin clients to most Unix 
>> terminal applications.
>>
> If you are specifically asking for graphical protocols, you may also 
> want to look at Windoze Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
> You can find an open source client at:  
> http://rdesktop.sourceforge.net, and a server implementation at: 
> http://xrdp.sourceforge.net.
Right.  Windows remote desktop is the main reason I listed T.120.