Remote connection from windows to ubuntu 20.04

Question

I am new to Ubuntu. I have installed ubuntu 20.04 in my PC and want to remotely access it through windows on my laptop. I have successfully installed xrdp and it is working also. The only issue is that when I connect with my PC from my laptop, the interface is completely different and I am unable to see the applications which are running on my PC. I am able to see my files and folders but the terminal doesn't start neither does firefox. BTW, there is no icon for firefox. There is just a browser icon. I ran a simulation in my PC but unable to see the progress. Please help!!

Answer 1

Install NoMachine in your ubuntu pc and then you can access it from windows PC

Answer 2

You can use ssh to start a remote shell access session.

On the Linux machine: Use sudo apt install openssh-server

Then run ssh <your username>@<your Linux machine IP> in cmd.exe or PowerShell to connect. I suggest using Windows Terminal to access the shell which is better than the built-in cmd.exe.

To find your Linux machine's IP, you can see this: How do I find my internal IP address? on AskUbuntu

Answer 3

I think that you connecting to a new session which is why you cannot see your running applications (simulation). There may be a way to connect to your existing desktop with xrdp but I am not familiar enough with it to say.

If you want to see your active desktop I would look at running something like vncserver from your active session on your pc and a vncviewer on your laptop.