sprucecellodev125 / cloudshell-gui

Install Xfce desktop and Chrome Remote Desktop on Google Cloud Shell

cloudshell-gui

Install Xfce desktop and Chrome Remote Desktop on Google Cloud Shell

Why tho? there's ubuntu-desktop-lxde-vnc docker container

But installing Docker container is bloat and the container home storage isn't persistent by default. Also why not just use Debian (the default Cloud Shell operating system)?

Full instructions

Usage

1. Open https://shell.cloud.google.com from Web browser (or open a terminal and type gcloud cloud-shell ssh)
2. Clone this repository
3. Copy install-gui.sh and install-catppuccin.sh to home directory
4. type chmod +x install-gui.sh and chmod +x install-catppuccin.sh
5. execute install-gui.sh
6. Then go to https://remotedesktop.google.com/headless and follow the steps
7. Go to Remote Access and choose cs-<cloud_shell_id>-default
8. Type remote desktop password
9. Now choose Xfce session
10. Enjoy ;)