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Remote desktop login with xrdp

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Remote desktop login with xrdp

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- [Instructor] RDP, or remote desktop protocol, allows client to connect to an X server running on the target machine. This lets us use a desktop session across the network and on Linux we can set up an RDP server using the xrdp package. Xrdp works in a similar way to VNC, which we explored in the previous episode. It runs an X window server, which software like a desktop environment can communicate with. And then it sends the contents of the display to a remote client where we can interact with the interface and use the desktop and other software on the server. RDP has some advantages over VNC including support for better security, a more efficient way of sending display information and why did option in many modern management tools across all three major operating systems. RDP was developed by Microsoft and it's went windows screen-sharing or remote desktop uses. To install xrdp here on Ubuntu, I'll write apt install…

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