I have an old desktop PC on which I have Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and I want to remote desktop it.
This is my lsb_release -a output:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
I have Realvnc Server installed on it and works so-and-so, I get quite a lag sometimes. I also did the recommendations they have mentioned but not seeing a big improvement in lag time.
I've tried RDP from Ubuntu Settings > Sharing > RDP and was able to connect to it, but it is still laggy.
My monitor is always connected to it and open, I am fine with that. It is using a Display Port; I've tried with HDMI as well but did not see any noticeable difference in lag time.
I tried echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP and seems I am on Gnome based on the output:
ubuntu:GNOME
My sudo lshw -short command output is:
H/W path Device Class Description
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system OptiPlex 9020 (05A4)
/0 bus 00V62H
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3a processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790
/0/3a/3b memory 256KiB L1 cache
/0/3a/3c memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/3a/3d memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/3e memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/3e/0 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: l
/0/3e/1 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronou
/0/3e/2 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: l
/0/3e/3 memory DIMMProject-Id-Version: l
/0/100 bridge 4th Gen Core Processor DR
/0/100/2 /dev/fb0 display Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen C
/0/100/3 card0 multimedia Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen C
/0/100/3/0 input10 input HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pc
/0/100/3/1 input11 input HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pc
/0/100/3/2 input8 input HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pc
/0/100/3/3 input9 input HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pc
/0/100/14 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/14/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/9 input3 input Logitech USB Keyboard Sys
/0/100/14/0/a input Microsoft USB Optical Mou
/0/100/14/0/b generic A6150
/0/100/14/1 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1/6 scsi6 storage PSSD T7
/0/100/14/1/6/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 500GB PSSD T7
/0/100/14/1/6/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 465GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/16 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/16.3 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/19 eno1 network Ethernet Connection I217-
/0/100/1a bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching
/0/100/1b card1 multimedia 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/1b/0 input12 input HDA Intel PCH Front Mic
/0/100/1b/1 input13 input HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic
/0/100/1b/2 input14 input HDA Intel PCH Line Out
/0/100/1b/3 input15 input HDA Intel PCH Front Headp
/0/100/1d bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching
/0/100/1f bridge Q87 Express LPC Controlle
/0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c01
/0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/2 system PnP device PNP0b00
/0/100/1f/3 generic PnP device INT3f0d
/0/100/1f/4 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/5 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/6 communication PnP device PNP0501
/0/100/1f/7 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f.2 scsi1 storage 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST500DM002-1SB10
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 579MiB Windows NTFS volum
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 465GiB Windows NTFS volum
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW DS-8ABSH
/0/100/1f.2/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chip
/1 input0 input Power Button
/2 input1 input Power Button
/3 input2 input Dell WMI hotkeys
/4 input6 input PixArt Microsoft USB Opti
/5 input7 input Video Bus
/6 wlx0836c97f5b62 network Wireless interface
I have tried Xorg before but seemed to be too slow, though happy to try again.
If anyone has any suggestions on what I can use to Remote Desktop into it as it has low specs and not a great graphics card (i think it's an onboard one), that'd be amazing!
Thank you!
PS: I understand that VNC is usually slower than RDP, I did try the regular RDP by default from Ubuntu but seems it is still slow; sometimes VNC seems faster than RDP. The RDP from Ubuntu has a lag as well a few seconds seeing my mouse being quite slow and delayed.
