Introducing Ubuntu Desktop 24.04LTS!

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Introducing Ubuntu Desktop 24.04LTS!

Postby jsun » Sat Jun 01, 2024 4:22 pm

We are very excited to introduce Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 AMI products! In this release, we decided to follow the success of Ubuntu Desktop 22.04, keeping all the cool features, including HTTP/VNC/RDP access, secure connections, desktop auto-resizing, copy'n'paste, RDP audio, etc, with a simple desktop GUI choice, the default Ubuntu Unity Desktop.

Please check them out at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/p ... zujnefh4sc for x86_64 version and https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/p ... 4kwemt52ak for arm64 version.

Below is a detailed feature comparison of current Ubuntu Desktop AMI products.











Features Ubuntu Desktop 18.04/20.04 Ubuntu Desktop 22.04/24.04
Protocols supported HTTP/HTTPS, VNC, RDP HTTP/HTTPS, VNC, RDP
Desktops supported (* : default desktop) Ubuntu, Gnome, Lubuntu, Xubuntu (*) Ubuntu/Unity(*)
VNC port 5900 5900
Initial VNC password EC2 instance ID EC2 instance ID
Initial "ubuntu" user password EC2 instance ID EC2 instance ID
Desktop resizing auto-resizing for Web browser sessions and certain VNC clients (e.g., tigerVNC); Client specified sizing for RDP sessions auto-resizing for Web browser sessions and certain VNC clients (e.g., tigerVNC); Client specified sizing for RDP sessions
Copy'n'Paste Yes, via Clipboard widget for browser, and natively supported in VNC/RDP clients; direct copy'n'paste for chrome/edge browsers (20.04 only) Yes, via Clipboard widget for browser, and natively supported in VNC/RDP clients; direct copy'n'paste for chrome/edge browsers
multiple user support Yes via RDP protocol Yes via RDP protocol
Sound/microphone support Yes via RDP protocol Yes via RDP protocol
Has 64bit ARM version Yes Yes
Encrypted connection Yes (https for browser; VNC/TLS use TLS; RDP) Yes (https for browser; VNC/TLS use TLS; RDP)

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