SUNScholar/Prepare Ubuntu/S01/RDP

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Remote Desktop (aka Windows server mode) Login
For those of you familiar with connecting to Microsoft Windows servers remotely, this is the option to choose.

Step 1 - Install a desktop environment on the server
Login in to the server using an Ubuntu method or Windows method and then type the following: sudo apt-get install –no-install-recommends xubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install xrdp

Step 2 - Login to the server from Windows using RDP
Logout of the server and open up your remote desktop client (available in Windows, Mac and Linux) on your personal computer and enter the IP address of your server.

Click Connect.

You should be greeted with the xrdp login box, followed by your shiny new Xfce desktop.

Step 3 - Now open a terminal on the remote server desktop environment
Now you can login to a remote GUI on your server anytime you want. For server configuration, open the xubuntu terminal application on the server and proceed.