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Ubuntu: X11 forwarding to view GUI applications running on server hosts

Although server hosts typically have no graphical desktop and only serve console-based clients, these machines still have the ability to serve a GUI display screen to a remote desktop if necessary. The X11 protocol makes it possible to send the graphical display to a remote graphical desktop. Beyond the ability to run GUI utilities on Ubuntu: X11 forwarding to view GUI applications running on server hosts