[2021] Add a GUI on an AWS Linux VM (Ubuntu 20.04) - Tutorial. Remote control it with X2go.

Add a GUI Desktop on an AWS linux machine (I demonstrate with Ubuntu 20.04 but any flavor will do) and remote control it from Windows 10 with X2go rather than VNC. (an xRDP free Alternative) This video's goal is to show you how to use an x2go client to securely connect to an Ubuntu instance on AWS EC2, so we can have a GUI for the Ubuntu instance. As x2go tunnels thru the SSH port and use SSH Keys, rather than passwords, it is much more secure than using xRDP.

Commands:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install xfce4 (sudo apt-get install xfce4-goodies) (sudo apt install firefox) sudo apt-get install x2goserver x2goserver-xsession

Youtube Video showing what it can do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSuy1TS8FGs&t=83s ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lhEgVqHiz4