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XRDP FOR UBUNTU 14.2

XRDP is lightweight and really easy to install for a remote administrative graphical user interface(GUI) desktop. This is a 2 minute setup for a minimal lightdm desktop manager
First update all packages in your ubuntu machine.
#apt-get update
#apt-get upgrade

#tasksel
This command will list different packages to install.Install Ubuntu Desktop and GNOME Desktop packages from it.

Now install xrdp package 
#apt-get install xrdp
#apt-get update

Install the xfce4 package
#apt-get install xfce4

At this stage, you have to configure your Ubuntu machine in order for xrdp to know that the xfce desktop will be used instead of the Unity or Gnome (which are not working anymore in Ubuntu). To configure this, from the terminal console, you will issue the following command
#echo xfce4-session >~/.xsession

Now start  the xrdp service
#service xrdp restart

Now using RDP software login to remote system.