Very big +1 for Xpra. For anyone unfamiliar, it's similar to ssh -X but with modern compression, so it works well even with reduced bandwidth. If you want, yo

Very big +1 for Xpra. For anyone unfamiliar, it's similar to ssh -X but with modern compression, so it works well even with reduced bandwidth. If you want, you can also use it to view an entire desktop but I find it much more comfortable to have the windows on the remote computer act as windows on my local computer.