Haven't used it recently, but while working with multiple offices in the UK I was having pretty good success with VNC. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC There are clients (and servers) available for Windows machines. TightVNC was the one I was using. Good luck. Marti. On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Jean-Francois Messier <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca> wrote: > For the last few versions of Ubuntu, I was having increasingly more > problems getting a remote desktop working properly from a Windows > client. > > Here's my problem: I have serveral Ubuntu-based computers (Desktop > edition, not server), and those are virtual ones, running on a remote > box. Although I can do many things using the CLI, there are times where > I need the GUI, from a Windows-based client. > > I tried the NX-based solution, with not much success (also the client > was flagged as infected by our andi-virus). I also tried the straight > RDP client, using the xrdp service installed under Ubuntu. In both > cases, I was ending up with a blank desktop, without even a button to > log out. I had to ssh to remotely kill the process. > > What is recommended for such setup ? > > > Thanks :-) > > > JF > --- > Le code source libre c'est l'ouverture de l'esprit. > Open Source is open minded. > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >