How To Get Remote Ubuntu GUI in local Virtualbox Ubuntu System?
<p>The goal: a GUI interface to remote Ubuntu servers at Digital Ocean and AWS.</p>

<p>Status: Running Ubuntu Desktop in Virtualbox in a Windows 10 host. Have ssh connection to the server with the <code>ssh -X -C</code> comand. From a terminal window in the server, individual graphical applications open on the local graphical desktop: pgAdminIII, gedit, etc. Entering <code>gnome-session</code> causes about a 30 second delay until a prompt is displayed. A graphical interface doesn't come up.</p>

<p>Question: How to get a complete gnome desktop on the server in a window on the local Virtualbox hosted Ubuntu?</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>David</p>