- Support RDP protocol and multiple concurrent user sessions over RDP
- Support HTTPS secure connection over web browser
- Support automatic desktop resizing for browser sessions and VNC sessions.
- Support Ubuntu, Gnome, Lubuntu and Xubuntu, where Xubuntu is the default. Like previous products, you can freely switch desktop among them.
- Support direct copy'n'paste over https on chrome browser and latest MS Edge browser.
Please check it out at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B08BRR772D and the ARM64 version at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B08FCJSTSS
Below a detailed table of comparison among the 3 generations of Ubuntu desktop AMI products.
| Features | Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 | Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 | Ubuntu Desktop 18.04/20.04 |
| Protocols supported | HTTP, VNC | HTTP, VNC | HTTP/HTTPS, VNC, RDP |
| Desktops supported (* : default desktop) | Ubuntu/Unity, Kubuntu, Lubuntu (*), Xubuntu | Ubuntu/Unity (*), Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu | Ubuntu, Gnome, Lubuntu, Xubuntu (*) |
| VNC port | 5901 | 5901 | 5900 |
| Initial VNC password | EC2 instance ID | EC2 instance ID | EC2 instance ID |
| Initial "ubuntu" user password | Empty | Empty | EC2 instance ID |
| Desktop resizing | via setup script | via setup script | 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 clients | Yes, via Clipboard widget for browser, and natively supported in VNC clients | Yes, via Clipboard widget for browser, and natively supported in VNC/RDP clients; direct copy'n'paste for chrome/edge browsers (20.04 only) |
| multiple user support | No | No | Yes via RDP protocol |
| Sound/microphone support | No | No | Yes via RDP protocol |
| Has 64bit ARM version | No | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypted connection | No | No | Yes (use https for browser; VNC/TLS use TLS) |
Notes:
- For Ubuntu 20.04, there is a bug in pulseaudio/xrdp. Please run "pulseaudio -k" first if you like to get audio working over RDP session.