How to fix Slow Remote Desktop Speed on Ubuntu

Is Remote Desktop slow from you Windows Remote Desktop to Ubuntu. This change will help.

In the /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini file, change crypt_level=high to crypt_level=low

sudo cp /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini.bak
sudo nano /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

Change This:

; minimum security level allowed for client for classic RDP encryption
; use tls_ciphers to configure TLS encryption
; can be 'none', 'low', 'medium', 'high', 'fips'
crypt_level=high

To this:

; minimum security level allowed for client for classic RDP encryption
; use tls_ciphers to configure TLS encryption
; can be 'none', 'low', 'medium', 'high', 'fips'
crypt_level=low

Save changes and Reboot Ubuntu and enjoy.

Please note that this is for non production servers. Please do not change unless less security is needed, such as an internal server.

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