VNC is sort of similar territory, but not quite. If I log into the PI by SSH, I should be able to launch a graphical application from there, where the display is the desktop on the HDMI output. This would be most similar if were to launch that graphical application from a terminal on the desktop. Ex...

Launching an lxterminal remotely is only a test to launch *something* graphical remotely. I could launch a browser or something else with this test, but lxterminal should work just as well as anything else for this purpose. The end-goal is that I will use a PI with a monitor, but no keyboard/mouse, ...

I am just starting with the Raspberry Pi 2. As a test, I am simply trying to start a terminal from an SSH session. SSH into the PI, set the DISPLAY variable, and run lxterminal. I have the default noobs installation, with no changes except: I created a user account and added it to sudoers I ssh into...