XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux

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XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux – Quick tutorial for an installation on Linux (Ubuntu specifically but easily ported) for an easy remote desktop (RDP) setup for Linux. Setting up remote GUI access has always been quite a pain. XRDP is lightweight and really easy to install for a remote administrative GUI desktop. This is a 2 minute setup for a minimal lightdm desktop manager install and setup from a server installed with Ubuntu 12.04 server.

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Here are example installs on Fedora from Red Hat and Ubuntu platforms.

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Figure 1. Add your credentials and login.

Point your default installed Remote Desktop Connection application on windows or MAC at the server IP addy and login. Let me know if you have any problems with the installation and I will test it since it is actually an easy remote access setup for a change on Linux. Cheers.


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By Brent Salisbury

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  1. I’m trying to access my current account created on Ubuntu. I successfully installed the program on the Ubuntu PC, and open Remote Desktop Connection on my Windows laptop. I connect to the LAN IP, and am presented with a selection of modules (the first asking for a username and password). But it won’t show me the log in screen to log into Ubuntu remotely (as TightVNC will only connect if I’m logged on). It happily accepts my username and password, though. Do I need to set up port forwarding on my router?

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