or you are like me and remote-desktop from a thin client (or from home) to a windows VDI, run vnc to a X server and ssh -X to the dev box to run emacs (edit: an

or you are like me and remote-desktop from a thin client (or from home) to a windows VDI, run vnc to a X server and ssh -X to the dev box to run emacs (edit: and firefox). I do this every day and I'm amazed that it actually works smoothly.