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    How To Enable WSL2 Ubuntu GUI and use RDP to Remote

    By Jonathan Hu September 30, 2020

    WSL2 continues to be one of my top features I want to explore and learn more
    about in the entire Windows 10 offering. What Microsoft is doing with WSL is
    fascinating and the endless possibility of having Linux and Windows in such deep
    marriage is beyond my wildest dream.

    In today’s guide, we will use Window’s native RDP client to remote connect into
    your local WSL2 Ubuntu on the same machine. (when is the last time you RDP
    into localhost? … and the destination is also running in Linux, not Windows) This
    never happened to me until just recently. Below is a sneak peek of the end result.
    Let’s get started.

    RDP into localhost running WSL2 kubuntu distro

    We assume by now you already have WSL2 running and have at least Ubuntu
    installed. You can follow this guide to upgrade your Ubuntu to the latest 20.04 LTS
    distro if you haven’t already done so. ×

    First the standard


    sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade

    Next we are going to install a GUI distro to Ubuntu

    sudo apt-get install -y kubuntu-desktop

    Half way through the installation you will be prompt for this configurating sddm,
    select lightdm

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    Install and configure XDRP, and change the RDP port to 3390

    # install xrdp
    sudo apt-get install xrdp ×
    sudo cp /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini.bak
    sudo sed -i 's/3389/3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
    sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/#max_bpp=32\nmax_bpp=128/g' /etc/
    sudo sed -i 's/xserverbpp=24/#xserverbpp=24\nxserverbpp=128

    Lastly, enable Dbus

    #enable dbus
    sudo systemctl enable dbus
    sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start
    sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start
    # check xrdp status
    sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp status

    You should see something like this below.

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    Enable WSL2 Ubuntu GUI and use RDP to Remote

    Now launch your Windows Remote Desktop Connection, or mstsc from the ×
    Windows Start menu.
    enter localhost:3390 and connect. You will be prompt by this screen keep
    the session as xorg, and enter your WSL2 username and password.

    ×
    2020 09 30 22 04 32 localhost 3390 Remote Desktop Connection
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    That’s it, you are now connected to your WSL2 Ubuntu with a GUI over Windows’
    native RDP client. How crazy is this?!

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