Remote desktop via X2GO

Deploying X2GO server

x2go allows you to run remotely browser (or any other application on x-server)

• Connect to your server:
• install x2go server :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install -y x2goserver x2goserver-xsession

• install desktop environment you prefer, e.g. LXDE:

sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
# choose lightdm

• Install browser Pale Moon

# http://linux.palemoon.org
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/xUbuntu_18.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:stevenpusser.list" && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install palemoon

X2GO Client

• install x2goclient

  Ubuntu:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable && \
  sudo apt-get update && \
  sudo apt-get install x2goclient
  

  References:

  • https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/x2go-server-ubuntu-14-04/
  • http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:installation:x2goclient

• Run client:

x2goclient

• create a new session with the settings below and connect to it (we assume that you have user named “noroot” with ssh keys configured):

Host : YOUHOST
Port : 22
Session type: LXDE
[x] Try auto Login
Input / Output: Use Whole Display
Username: noroot