I haven't had much time to post recently what with various school projects kicking my butt from all directions, but if you'd like to do something similar to what I'm doing (ie, separate Linux computers running each glass display) I expect to be pretty fully done with the SurfaceMFD within the next couple weeks (like a Release Candidate for open source? lol) so if you think that solution would be a good starting point for you, it'll be there soon.
Also, yagni, keep an eye out for an e-mail from me sometime in the next few days containing the modifications to Orb:Connect we talked about earlier. Also, should I send a copy to Russ, too?