diff --git a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/porter.yaml b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/porter.yaml
index 34a4203..f611adb 100644
--- a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/porter.yaml
+++ b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/porter.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 schemaVersion: 1.0.0
 name: tre-service-guacamole-linuxvm-ouh2
-version: 1.0.5
+version: 1.0.6
 description: "An Azure TRE User Resource Template for Guacamole (Linux)"
 dockerfile: Dockerfile.tmpl
 registry: azuretre
diff --git a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/terraform/vm_config.sh b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/terraform/vm_config.sh
index 2cd59ca..c23ab70 100644
--- a/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/terraform/vm_config.sh
+++ b/templates/workspace_services/guacamole/user_resources/guacamole-azure-linuxvm-ouh2/terraform/vm_config.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,54 @@ sudo echo -e "local({\n    r <- getOption(\"repos\")\n    r[\"Nexus\"] <- \"""${
 # Fix for blank screen on DSVM (/sh -> /bash due to conflict with profile.d scripts)
 sudo sed -i 's|!/bin/sh|!/bin/bash|g' /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
 
+# Create the Desktop directory if it doesn't exist
+sudo -u "$VM_USER" mkdir -p /home/"$VM_USER"/Desktop
+
+# Add a README file to the Desktop
+README_PATH="/home/$VM_USER/Desktop/README.txt"
+sudo -u "$VM_USER" bash -c "cat > $README_PATH" << 'EOF'
+Welcome to your Linux VM!
+
+This VM is pre-configured with the following tools:
+- XFCE Desktop Environment
+- Azure Storage Explorer
+- RStudio Desktop
+- Docker
+- Anaconda
+
+To get started:
+1. Open any application using the Applications Menu.
+2. Use RStudio or Jupyter Notebook for data analysis.
+3. Access your shared file storage at /fileshares/vm-shared-storage (if configured).
+4. See the package mirror options by accessing http://nexus-tvstre.uksouth.cloudapp.azure.com
+
+Recommendations:
+1. R packages may fail to install initially. If you see an error, edit Rprofile to use the local package mirror:
+
+sudo nano /usr/lib/R/etc/Rprofile.site
+
+Replace the local(...) lines at the bottom with:
+local({
+    r <- getOption("repos")
+    r["Nexus"] <- "http://nexus-tvstre.uksouth.cloudapp.azure.com/repository/r-proxy/"
+    options(repos = r)
+})
+
+2. Disable XFCE Lock Screen otherwise you may get locked out:
+
+Open Applications > Settings > Screensaver; click on Lock Screen tab, disable the Lock Screen.
+
+
+For further assistance, contact your administrator.
+
+Enjoy!
+EOF
+
+# Set appropriate permissions for the README file
+sudo chmod 644 "$README_PATH"
+sudo chown "$VM_USER:$VM_USER" "$README_PATH"
+
+
 ### Anaconda Config
 if [ "${CONDA_CONFIG}" == "true" ]; then
   export PATH="/opt/anaconda/condabin":$PATH