Lubuntu cloud desktop: Remote Desktop to your Cloud Server
![Remote desktop to your cloud server](remote-desktop-cloud.png)
This guide provides details on how to setup a remote linux (lubuntu) server with a desktop environment which can be connected to via remote desktop (RDP).
This guide is specifically for lubuntu desktop environment, which is a lightweight desktop based on LXDE.
Setting up a desktop interface on your cloud server instance (lubuntu).
Install xrdp + lubuntu desktop
> apt-get install xrdp
Install lubuntu light weight desktop environment
> apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
We then want to enable the xrdp for a user to login to.
Create ~/.xsession
and add line
lxsession -e LXDE -s Lubuntu
We restart the xrdp service.
> sudo service xrdp restart
Then we can connect to our remote machine using win10 (or MacOS) RDP client.
Select the option ‘Xorg’ and enter your linux username and password.
![RDP Screen](rdp-screen.png)
(Optional) install chromium
To install chromium browser
> sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Open chromium browser
> chromium-browser