How can I access a Windows box from Linux? With GUI or without. Something like VNC or SSH but for Windows.
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rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Remote Desktop Services, capable of natively speaking Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in order to present the user's Windows desktop.
If you want to use the same system in either direction you can run a VNC server on Windows:
Just use RDP client for Linux. For example, if you are using linux:
$ sudo apt-get install rdesktop
$ rdesktop <WIN_IP_ADDRESS>