Remotely Unlock Screensaver on Xubuntu Linux – sudo loginctl unlock-sessions

To unlock a locked Xubuntu Linux workstation, you can use ‘sudo loginctl unlock-sessions’ and alt-ctrl-F7. This command works over SSH and over Salt, but obviously it requires root access to target computer.

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txvars – Start X Applications from Long Living Screen Sessions

Do your ‘screen’ sessions last for a week or a month? Do you like to start your X applications from the command line? You might need txvars. This article requires fluency with command line interface.

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