How do I GUI-ly log into an Ubuntu 25.04 machine from a mac?

  1. Ubuntu’s default remote login setup seems to be RDP, which I can enable and log in from a Linux machine (and likely a Windows machine). This is the behavior I’d want from a mac. Whatever Microsoft-authored AppStore RDP program is recommended in other questions has been replaced by “Windows App” which only works for logging into actual windows machines.

  2. If I use VNC via an SSH tunnel, I get a blank screen with a twm style cursor (i.e. a square X). Maybe modern Ubuntu uses Wayland and I would have to do leg work for X?

I’m happiest using ssh and terminals in general, but sometimes I’m at a mac and need to access GUI things in an Ubuntu machine.