Introducing Ubuntu 20.04LTS AMI
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:52 pm
We are happy to introduce Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop AMI product, 2 months after official Ubuntu 20.04 is released. This release has achieved feature parity with Ubuntu 18.04 AMI product, which was the most versatile and most user friendly desktop image in the market. Specifically
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.
Notes:
- 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.