

Your router has to resolve the name properly, which is done differently for each router. Note : if you really need Copy/Paste functionality between the two machines, then please use Ubuntu’s default installed “Desktop Sharing” instead (MacOS X users read this forum post). This seems related to 3D acceleration and nobody seems to care (since 2011, according to bug reports). Since Ubuntu 12.10 (if I’m not mistaken), xRDP doesn’t seem to work with the Ubuntu desktop anymore … unless you use an alternative desktop manager. This is where xRDP comes in play, an open source remote desktop protocol (RDP) server. It actually runs VNC protocol over RDP as far as I understand, yet if behaves much better than VNC by itself (possibly because of the used desktop manager).

So how can we use RDP to control our Ubuntu box remotely?

RDP is however a proprietary protocol from Microsoft.

VNC has this streak of “JPEG” quality and slow behavior, whereas RDP is fast and crystal clear. For somehow, the default configuration, port=3389, which will cause 3389 port running on inet6 interface.To remotely control my Windows machines, I always prefer to use RDP ( Remote Desktop Protocol) as it performs much nicer than VNC ( Virtual Network Computing). You can verify it by typing: sudo systemctl status xrdpĮnable 3389 port on IPv4 interface. Once the installation is complete, the Xrdp service will automatically start. To install it, run: sudo apt install xrdp Copy Xrdp is incuded in the default Ubuntu repositories. Install Xfce: sudo apt update sudo apt install xubuntu-desktop Copy Copyĭepending on your system, downloading and installing GUI packages will take some time. Install Gnome: sudo apt update sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop Copy Copy Run one of the commands below to install the desktop environment of your choice. It is a fast, stable, and lightweight desktop environment, which makes it ideal for usage on a remote server. One option is to install Gnome, which is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu 20.04. There are various desktop environments available in Ubuntu repositories that you can choose.
