Barebone Ubuntu 14.04 Cloud Desktop

By Leo Gaggl

Since I have found some issues with my previous LXQT setup in real-life work I decided to fall back to standard Lubuntu for my cloud desktop. As part of this I also switched to TightVNC which seems a lot easier to configure.

Add local user account

adduser USERNAME<br></br>adduser USERNAME sudo

Install Lubuntu Desktop

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends lubuntu-desktop tightvncserver

TightVNC Configuration

sudo vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

#<br></br># VNC Server configuration<br></br>#<br></br># enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed<br></br># port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on<br></br>#<br></br>[VNCServer]<br></br>enabled=true<br></br>port=5900<br></br>width=1366<br></br>height=768<br></br>depth=24

sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart

Connect to the remote system

ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 -i /path/to/your/aws/keyfile.pem YOUR.EC2.IP.ADDRESS

tightvnc

If you are using a Chromebook then this article might help.