How to get a remote desktop / X11 with ubuntu 10.04 LTS from mac os x?

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Published on 2011-06-10T03:34:12Z Indexed on 2012/10/20 23:06 UTC
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I am running Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 and I have X11 installed. I also have ubuntu 10.04 LTS running on a remote machine. I have root privileges. So far I haven't really installed anything besides the operating system. This was done in an amazon aws type of way.

I see people talking about getting gnome or a "remote desktop" type of thing working, but I'm not sure how to go about this. I connected and then typed in gnome-session but nothing happened. Maybe I don't have that thing installed yet? Can someone point me in the right direction?

Also, is it possible to just start an X11 session with a single app, like notepad or a file and folder browser?

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