I just had to rebuild my raspberry pi again. It seems to keep eating its sd card for some reason. I decided to forgo the gui this time since it's a headless server. I just access it via ssh and vnc and I think I'm ready to drop vnc. Generally all I use X for is editing files in leafpad, and I can just as easily run pluma locally and connect over sshfs.
I have a pretty simple wireless setup - an open wireless network with no keys or certificates (I live on a farm, I'm not concerned...