How to Remote Desktop from Windows to Linux

You can connect to Linux machine from Windows using standard Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDP).

First we need  xrdp package on Linux server.

xrdp provides a graphical login to remote machines using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol). xrdp accepts connections from variety of RDP clients: FreeRDP, rdesktop, NeutrinoRDP and Microsoft Remote Desktop Client.

Below you see examples for RedHat/CentOS hand Debian/Ubuntu how to install xrdp and enable as service:

Debian:

$ apt-get install xrdp
$ systemctl enable xrdp
$ systemctl start xrdp

CentOS:

$ yum install epel-release
$ yum install xrdp tigervnc-server tigervnc-server-module
$ chcon -t bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp
$ chcon -t bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman
$ systemctl enable xrdp
$ systemctl start xrdp

Do not forget open port 3389 on Linux, Remote Desktop requires TCP port 3389

Now your Linux server ready for accept inbound RDP connections.