Technically, the client is the program executing on the remote computer, not the remote computer itself. I mostly find it confusing that people find X11 client

Technically, the client is the program executing on the remote computer, not the remote computer itself. I mostly find it confusing that people find X11 client / server technology confusing The client is the one asking for updates on the screen, the server is the one updating the screen. OK, in X11 the server is the think closest to the user, maybe that's what's so confusing?