TigerVNC server is designed to controls only desktop systems. Step 1 – Install Desktop Environmentīy default, Ubuntu Server does not include a Desktop Environment. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure a VNC server on Ubuntu 20.04. Read: How to Install Remote Desktop (XRDP) on Ubuntu 20.04.It is a client/server application that allows you to interact with graphical applications on remote machines. TigerVNC is a free, open-source, and high-performance VNC server used to control or access Linux-based desktop remotely. There is much software available to access Linux-based desktop remotely including, TigerVNC, TightVNC, Vino, vnc4server, and more. VNC stands for “Virtual Network Computing” is a sharing system or set of protocols for sharing desktops.