Netspectrum

We are very delighted to introduce Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 AMI products! In this release, we decided to keep all the cool features our users love, including HTTP/VNC/RDP access, secure connections, desktop auto-resizing, copy'n'paste, RDP audio, etc. We also decided to simplify the desktop choices with the default Ubuntu Unity Desktop.

Please check them out at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/p ... 5gpkye3rhg for x86_64 version and https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/p ... l6yxxk4ppq for arm64 version.

We also take this chance to announce that, after so many successful years, we decided to retire some old versions, including our very first Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 and Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.

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

Features	Ubuntu Desktop 18.04/20.04	Ubuntu Desktop 22.04
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)