Remember that X was developed at MIT to run MIT labs, and that X was originally meant for thin clients that accessed programs in much the same way described. Th

Remember that X was developed at MIT to run MIT labs, and that X was originally meant for thin clients that accessed programs in much the same way described. This stuff has been possible for a long time. VNCs are actually much easier to use with its own X server in most instances than running on a living one.