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I haven't tried this yet, but I will. I have a question, though. Can this be used on a remote server over ssh?
Yes. I do this. You'll want to look up X forwarding.
Once set up, you should be able to execute GUI applications installed to machines you connect to via ssh, and have their GUI show up on the machine you are connecting from.
Only if you can vnc/rdp into you server or forward x11.