


My first thought was to use Chrome Remote Desktop through the Chrome browser but apparently that isn't a straight forward process with Arch based Linux. On the Set up another computer page, click Begin.I lack a USB-C hub and needed a way to access the Deck remotely in order to configure emulators. On your local computer, using the Chrome browser, go to the Chrome Remote Desktop command line setup page: Ģ. To start the remote desktop connection, you need to have an authorization key for your Google account.ġ. SSH into the virtual machine again and start SLiM: sudo service slim start Configure the Chrome Remote Desktop service and Connect to your Ubuntu Desktop You will lose connection when you reboot.

Once finishes installation, reboot the machine: sudo rebootĥ. Install Ubuntu desktop environment (the installation process may need around 20 minutes): sudo apt install ubuntu-desktopĤ. Here I use SLiM for its lightweight feature. In the SSH window connected to your VM instance, refresh the repository and package lists, and perform the necessary upgrades with the following command: sudo apt update & sudo apt upgradeĢ. Now we need to install a desktop environment and window manager for Chrome Remote Desktop to communicate with the VM instance.ġ. chrome-remote-desktop_current_b Set up a Ubuntu desktop environment in the VM instance Download and install the Debian Linux Chrome Remote Desktop installation package: wget The next step is to install Chrome Remote Desktop on the VM instance.

If you prefer to start a VM through Google Cloud Shell, you can use this command to achieve the same result: gcloud compute instances create instance-1 -zone=us-central1-a -machine-type=e2-medium -image=projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/images/ubuntu-pro-2204-jammy-v20220923 Install Chrome Remote Desktop on the VM instance
