LXDE + xrdp

How to install Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) on Ubuntu

apt-get update
apt-get install lxde

Now when we have installed lxde, let's install xrdp

apt-get install xrdp

Restart your sysrem

reboot

Now you have Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment installed and operational. You can use Windows built-in remote desktop client to access it via rdp.

Use root credentials for authenticate.

How to install a Desktop Environment with xrdp on Centos 6

yum install epel-release
yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE Desktop"
yum install xrdp tigervnc-server

Define a desktop

nano /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

Uncomment and edit lines:

VNCSERVERS="2:username"         
VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 -nolisten tcp -localhost"

Set password

su username
vncpasswd

Start services

service vncserver start
service xrdp start
chkconfig xrdp on
chkconfig vncserver on

That's it. Now you can connect to the server using a standard RDP client.

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