&gt; We whined for years that X11&#x2F;Xorg was really a non-optional piece of crap...<p>Does the fact that sshd&#x27;s X11 forwarding doesn&#x27;t require to <i>run</i> an X11 -errm- client(?) to run X11 software on a remote machine make X11&#x2F;Xorg more optional? (Obviously, you <i>do</i> need to run X11 on the machine that <i>displays</i> the GUI, and you <i>do</i> need X11 libs <i>installed</i> on the remote machine.)