Need help getting Ubuntu Desktop and tightvncserver to work on EC2

[TheFu]

When I was testing this out, I did VNC through an SSH tunnel and it seemed to work fine. Isn't that a sufficient amount of security?

Yes, assuming vnc is setup to only allow localhost connections. There is an option for this, but NX (the protocol) has ssh built in and does dynamic compression with manual controls, so why use the inferior VNC?

I've pushed x2go, which is F/LOSS, enough. "You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink."

[broiledsmurf]

Thanks for the tip! I'll check out x2go.