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Open GUI Software Remotely from SSH on Linux

This is a note about how to launch graphical user interface software remotely from a Linux/Ubuntu PC/server. Use export DISPLAY.

Shou Arisaka

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Sep 28, 2025

This is a note about how to launch graphical user interface software remotely from a Linux/Ubuntu PC/server.

Use export DISPLAY.

export DISPLAY=:0

How to start a GUI software on a remote Linux PC via SSH - Ask Ubuntu

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Shou Arisaka

Started web development at 15 by launching a WordPress site. The following year, began microservice development using Ruby on Rails. Currently involved in Next.js website creation supporting the Digital Agency and SaaS development projects, while also pursuing personal modern web app development using React.js, Node.js, and TypeScript as a hobby. Specializes in agile full-stack development from frontend to backend, handling web marketing and advertising design as needed, providing cost-effective and high-quality customer experiences through advertising operations, AI-driven development, and data analysis. Developer, designer, and writer of the IT blog 'DebugTips', which has been supported by over 2 million people worldwide and is celebrating its 9th anniversary. Currently working hard to make the independently developed SNS 'Intrawrite' (currently in beta) Japan's leading domestic social network.