


I then tried on a physical machine (and a virtual machine running on virtual box) where the gnome-shell/Unity 3D interface was loaded. I had a bit of luck because the virtual machine was using ubuntu-2d as desktop environment and that the keyboard layout was set to English. I’ve entered the required information (username and password) and I went through with no problems. I’ve simply open the RDP console, put the name (or ip address) of the system to connect to and I was presented with xRDP login box. The first time I’ve tried to use xrdp against Ubuntu 12.04, this is was against this virtual machine. If you remember, I’ve posted some weeks ago a post on how to install Ubuntu 12.04 as a virtual machine on a Hyper-V system. Your system should be ready to accept remote desktop connectionĬonnecting to your Ubuntu machine If you are lucky…. Click on the install button and wait for the operation to complete. You will see something similar to the screenshot. Open your Ubuntu Software center and in the search box type xrdp. The installation is quite straightforward.

But if you just need to access the command line remotely to run a few commands, we recommend skipping remote desktop solutions and using tried-and-tested SSH.If you are using ubuntu 12.10, please follow the instructions described in this postĪs you probably know, I like to use remote desktop protocol in order to connect to my ubuntu systems. In this article, we looked at the most common ways to view and control your Ubuntu desktop from a remote location. How to remote desktop into Ubuntu: Summary We’ve put together a guide on how to use Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection if you need guidance on using an RDP client. You can use the software that’s built into all modern versions of Windows called Remote Desktop Connection, or download Remote Desktop clients for Android and iOS from their respective storefronts. Your Ubuntu computer is now able to accept RDP connections.
