How to connect to Ubuntu from Windows using RDP
- Get the tsclient with the command sudo apt-get install xnest
- Enable xdmcp. Edit the configuration file, it’s located at etc/gdm/gdm.conf
- Uncomment RemoteGreeter in the daemon section. Delete the pound or sharp sign on theleft of RemoteGreeter
- Find the xdmcp section and change the value of Enable key, set it to true
- Log out of Ubuntu in order to restart the gdm. Altenatively, if you don’t want to logout, from the Terminal, you can restart with this command
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart - You can now connect from your Windows machine to an Ubuntu machine using Remote Desktop Protocol
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