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 nano xrdp tigervnc-server

Define a desktop

nano /etc/sysconfig/vncservers

Uncomment and edit lines:

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

Create unix user

adduser username
passwd username

Set VNC 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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