In addition to other comments, it's the only real way to make a usable GUI-like experience over SSH.

vostok 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've generally had good experiences with the various compressed X11-like tools. One example is x2go, but there are a few.

	▲	fragmede 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		oh man, I haven't thought about xpra in a while! Xpra was a layer of indirection between X clients and X server so you could ssh in, run eg firefox, disconnect, and then reconnect and pick up Firefox where you left it.

You can also serve a window server over ssh