docs(aws): Use gnome-remote-desktop for RDP on Ubuntu 26.04 - #574
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The RDP procedure on the 'Launch an Ubuntu desktop on EC2' page does not work on Ubuntu 26.04. It configures a GNOME session on Xorg via xrdp, but GNOME 50 runs only on Wayland: org.gnome.Shell@.service asserts XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland, so GNOME Shell never starts and the session is torn down immediately after login. The page also exports DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu-xorg, which references a session file that no longer ships on 26.04, where /usr/share/xsessions/ does not exist. Split the RDP and connection sections into version tabs. For 26.04 and later, use gnome-remote-desktop, which is already installed as a dependency of ubuntu-desktop. The 24.04 procedure is unchanged and moved into its own tab with a note about the version scope. Validated on a clean 26.04 EC2 instance and regression-checked on 24.04. Ref: canonical#564
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The RDP procedure on the 'Launch an Ubuntu desktop on EC2' page does not work on Ubuntu 26.04. It configures a GNOME session on Xorg via xrdp, but GNOME 50 runs only on Wayland: org.gnome.Shell@.service asserts XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland, so GNOME Shell never starts and the session is torn down immediately after login.
The page also exports DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu-xorg, which references a session file that no longer ships on 26.04, where /usr/share/xsessions/ does not exist.
Split the RDP and connection sections into version tabs. For 26.04 and later, use gnome-remote-desktop, which is already installed as a dependency of ubuntu-desktop. The 24.04 procedure is unchanged and moved into its own tab with a note about the version scope.
Validated on a clean 26.04 EC2 instance and regression-checked on 24.04.
Ref: #564