Remote Desktop
Enable Unattended RustDesk Access on Wayland
Ubuntu uses GNOME on Wayland by default. RustDesk works well once someone is sitting at the machine, but unattended access runs into two obstacles: the graphical login screen, and the screen-share prompt GNOME shows after login. On my Ubuntu 26.04 system, the practical solution was to use an X11-based LightDM login screen while keeping the normal Ubuntu GNOME Wayland desktop after login, and to approve screen sharing once so that later connections do not ask again:
Enable Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) on Linux
Gnome 42 has a fantastic new feature that allows Linux users to share their desktops with Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol remotely, namely GNOME remote desktop. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can use this great new feature. Without this feature, an alternative solution is xrdp. However, xrdp cannot provide a consistent desktop environment as used in current Linux. Enable Automatic Login and Disable Screen Lock For the remote desktop to work on GNOME, we have to enable automatic login and disable automatic screen lock. Otherwise, it is unable to connect to the Linux PC remotely from Windows 10/11 using the Remote Desktop Connection app.