It's easier and more lightweight to configure an SSH session than X11 forwarding or remote desktops. So if you do all your real work on a server or desktop that

It's easier and more lightweight to configure an SSH session than X11 forwarding or remote desktops. So if you do all your real work on a server or desktop that you access remotely, these kind of tools can be helpful. That said, all I really need is tmux to do my work. I use a tiling window manager as my daily driver. Don't see any reason I'd adopt a floating WM in the terminal except that it looks cool.