If you want to remotely access your Linux Ubuntu PC from another device, you must install Chrome Remote Desktop app on every computer/device you’d like to connect from. Step 1: Install the Chrome Remote Desktop app on your Linux (Ubuntu) computer. On the Set up another computer page, click Begin.Chrome Remote Desktop allows you to remotely access your computer from another (computer or smartphone or tablet) over the Internet. On your local computer, using the Chrome browser, go to the Chrome Remote Desktop command line setup page: Ģ. To start the remote desktop connection, you need to have an authorization key for your Google account.ġ. SSH into the virtual machine again and start SLiM: sudo service slim start Configure the Chrome Remote Desktop service and Connect to your Ubuntu Desktop You will lose connection when you reboot. Once finishes installation, reboot the machine: sudo rebootĥ. Install Ubuntu desktop environment (the installation process may need around 20 minutes): sudo apt install ubuntu-desktopĤ. Here I use SLiM for its lightweight feature. In the SSH window connected to your VM instance, refresh the repository and package lists, and perform the necessary upgrades with the following command: sudo apt update & sudo apt upgradeĢ. Now we need to install a desktop environment and window manager for Chrome Remote Desktop to communicate with the VM instance.ġ.

chrome-remote-desktop_current_b Set up a Ubuntu desktop environment in the VM instance Download and install the Debian Linux Chrome Remote Desktop installation package: wget The next step is to install Chrome Remote Desktop on the VM instance. If you prefer to start a VM through Google Cloud Shell, you can use this command to achieve the same result: gcloud compute instances create instance-1 -zone=us-central1-a -machine-type=e2-medium -image=projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/images/ubuntu-pro-2204-jammy-v20220923 Install Chrome Remote Desktop on the VM instance

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