Test out new ubuntu OS version xubuntu 19.10 and xrdp;

I have tried many times over the past 10 years to find a windows-style rdp solution to connect from windows to a Linux host, but didn't find a consistent, usable method. UNTIL NOW!

Of course, I may be just an old dufus who is hopelessly befuddled and not a clue to actually configure correctly and get this to work. Very possible.

I was searching for a way to connect from win to linux using vnc and found a web site with some very simple instructions to setting up xrdp to allow rdp login from win to linux.

How to Establish Remote Desktop Access to Ubuntu From Windows
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-establish-simple-remote-desktop-access-between-ubuntu-and-windows/

With these two install/setup/configure steps:
1) sudo apt install xrdp
2) sudo systemctl enable xrdp     ;xrdp starts/runs on bootup

This didn't work initially until I read that I needed to logout of the laptop running xubuntu 19.10. Then it connected normally per rdp. YIPPIE!!

One thing I notice is from host 19u4 to linux host late7250 with xrdp installed, it logs me in but I don't see the dock on the left side; it looks like the dock in RHEL 8; autohides and centered between top and bottom.

I'm going to try this on RHEL 7u6 host I have available to test on. RHEL 7u6 worked like a charm.

Install xrdp on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 By Raj Last updated Mar 29, 2018
https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/install-xrdp-on-centos-7-rhel-7.html

Prerequisites
1. First, install Gnome GUI on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7
So all of my rhel 7 hosts have gnome installed by default during initial install;

2. xrdp is available in EPEL repository, so Install and configure EPEL repository.
# rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

Install xrdp on CentOS 7
# yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server

Once xrdp is installed, start the xrdp service using the following command.
# systemctl start xrdp

xrdp should now be listening on 3389. You can confirm this by using netstat command.
netstat -antup | grep xrdp

and the firewall and selinux are turned off on these virtual machines running inside a protected environment.