X on a Server?

[Zbigniew Koziol]

I would have a simple question to these of you who are much better than 
me. That question will, hopefully, provide an answer to the original 
question on that subject.

An example:

I would like to use from home a few programs on a remote server. I would 
use them from x-windows (from terminal) on my home computer, by issuing 
"ssh -X"

The programs are like these:

nedit, gedit, gimp, ooffice.

Will I be able to use them that way if X-server is not installed or 
remote machine?
And what if X-server is installed but not running?

My understanding is that if some libraries are not installed on remote 
server than these programs may not work (rather due to an improper 
design). But is it necessary to install and RUN x-server?

Well, my understanding is that.. well... it depends. Could you confirm 
please?

zb.

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