• Home
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Web
  • About
  • Pages

Blackndsky.net

Windows - Linux - Powershell

xRDP Remote Desktop

Ubuntu Debian Mint xRDP

About

xRDP is a free and open-source implementation of Microsoft RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) server that enables operating systems other than Microsoft Windows (such as Linux and BSD-style operating systems) to provide a fully functional RDP-compatible remote desktop experience.

Supported distributions

xRDP supports Debian and Ubuntu based distributions of Linux with official support for the following

  • Linux Mint 21+
  • Zorin OS 17+
  • Ubuntu 20.04+
  • Debian 12+
  • Kubuntu 20.04+
  • Ubuntu Budgie 20.04+
  • Ubuntu Mate 20.04+
  • Xubuntu 20.04+
  • Lubuntu 20.04+
  • Pop!_OS 22.04+

Installation

Source: https://c-nergy.be/products.html

Download latest release from https://www.c-nergy.be/repository.html with wget <link>e.g., for version 1.5.1 you would run

wget https://www.c-nergy.be/downloads/xRDP/xrdp-installer-1.5.1.zip

Extract script

unzip xrdp-installer-X.X.X.zip

Run the install script

  • Do not run the install script over SSH, you must be logged in locally
  • Do not run the install script as root with sudo, the script will prompt to elevate itself when necessary
bash xrdp-installer-X.X.X.sh -l -s
  • The -l customizes the login screen over Remote Desktop
  • The -s enables audio over Remote Desktop

Hide thinclient_drives from the desktop

sudo sed -i 's!FuseMountName=thinclient_drives!FuseMountName=.thinclient_drives!' /etc/xrdp/sesman.ini
  • This is part of the FuseMount system which is used for the copying-and-pasting of files and the clipboard

Reboot the system

sudo reboot

xRDP should be ready to use

Change RDP port in xRDP

To change xRDP’s port from the default of 3389, edit the following file and adjust the value of PORT=

sudo nano /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

Save the file and restart the system

sudo reboot