Welp, to answer my own question, it seems that VNC is the more logical choice for a few reasons.

and for the networking static IP setup,
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/step-by-step- ... setup.html

However, I still need to do that initial setup, probably.

First, I would like to say hello and that this guide is super helpful, even if I do go astray a little. I would like to know what you guys think of using X11 forwarding vs VNC. X11 forwarding howto: m Your VNC howto: m It simply seems that VNC is a desktop (like remoting in on a windows machine) whi...