{"id":658,"date":"2023-06-06T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T06:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2023\/06\/06\/7982877-how-to-use-the-ubuntu-22-04-template-with-desktop-on-hostinger-vps\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:50:11","slug":"7982877-how-to-use-the-ubuntu-22-04-template-with-desktop-on-hostinger-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/7982877-how-to-use-the-ubuntu-22-04-template-with-desktop-on-hostinger-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Ubuntu 22.04 Template with Desktop on Hostinger VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Ubuntu 22.04, with a desktop environment<\/b>&nbsp;and RDP (Remote Desktop) access, utilizes an XRDP client. This enables users to <b>log into their VPS using a Windows RDP client<\/b>, which comes preinstalled on all Windows systems.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">XRDP is a free and open-source implementation of Microsoft RDP server that enables operating systems other than Microsoft Windows to provide a fully functional RDP-compatible remote desktop experience.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re looking to launch a new VPS, consider <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/ubuntu-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Ubuntu VPS hosting<\/a><\/b> as your option &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">To apply this OS template to your server, go to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/servers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS section<\/a><\/b> on hPanel and click on the<b> <\/b>server you want to manage.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Then, navigate to <b>OS &amp; Panel &rarr; Operating System<\/b> from the left sidebar. Scroll down to the <b>Change your Operating System <\/b>section:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use the search bar to find <b>Desktop<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On the Application tab, select <b>Remote Desktop<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Change OS<\/b> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/133955b4-8e0d-41db-8895-147799a9a5b8.jpg\"><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #feedaf80;border-color: #fbc91633\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Changing the operating system on your VPS will <b>permanently delete<\/b> all your current data. If you wish to keep your information, make sure to&nbsp;<b>download a backup via FTP<\/b>&nbsp;beforehand.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">To connect to your VPS, you will need a<b> local computer with an RDP client installed<\/b>. Here are some of the available RDP clients for different operating systems:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On<b> Windows<\/b>, you can use the <b>default Remote Desktop Connection <\/b>application<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On <b>macOS<\/b>, you can use the<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/microsoft-remote-desktop\/id1295203466\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Remote Desktop<\/a> <\/b>application<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">On <b>Linux<\/b>, you can use <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freerdp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">FreeRDP<\/a><\/b> or <b><a href=\"https:\/\/remmina.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Remmina<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">To log into your VPS, open the RDP application on your computer and enter the XRDP login credentials:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Computer: <b><a href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-vps-ip\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">server IP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Username: <b>rdpuser<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Password: enter the <b>rpduser password<\/b>; if needed, you can reset it from hPanel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #feedaf80;border-color: #fbc91633\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Graphic applications, irrespective of the desktop environment, are generally designed to be run under <b>regular user accounts<\/b>. Running them as the <b>root<\/b> user may lead to unforeseen issues and is discouraged.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Now you know how to use the Ubuntu 22.04 template with Desktop &#128522; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selecting the preferred OS template for your VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/7982877-how-to-use-the-ubuntu-22-04-template-with-desktop-on-hostinger-vps\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/7982877-como-utilizar-la-plantilla-ubuntu-22-04-con-el-escritorio-en-vps-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/7982877-comment-utiliser-le-modele-ubuntu-22-04-avec-le-bureau-sur-vps-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/7982877-como-usar-o-modelo-ubuntu-22-04-com-o-desktop-no-vps-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2870,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/2870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}