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Using Remote X11 Clients

In the separable client-server architecture of X11, applications can be run on a central host and have their output and input redirected to a remote host, as is common in clustered computing environments or college campuses. Using a remote client can be useful, for example, if there’s a collaborative graphical application hosted on a high-powered server and you need to be able to control it from a workstation that may not be powerful enough to run it. Another example of where this setup is useful is if the central application is very expensive and only licensed for one installation, but you need to be able to access it from any X11-capable client computer on campus; X11 makes this system possible and transparent, not ...