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Run remote browser on Debian
# Only managed to to get Xvnc working rather than xorg
apt update
apt install xrdp tigervnc-standalone-server -y
apt install xinit xorg libfontenc1 -y
apt install openbox firefox-esr -y
nano /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
# comment out the 'test' and 'exec' lines and add:
openbox #or openbox-session
#todo: Work out how to get vnc server to resize based on RDP client's size
systemctl restart xrdp
On Windows RDP client
Connect to the IP
Session: Xvnc
Username: user
Password: live
Right-click -> Web browser
#to restart firefox
pkill x-www-browser
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