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You might be interested in XRDP: http://www.xrdp.org/

I haven't used it in a few years, but I remember really liking it.

For someone switching from VNC to RDP to access Linux boxes, is xrdp any good?

For someone switching from VNC to RDP to access OS X boxes, is iRAPP worth $79?

For the MAC, you could install xrdp which provides the same protocol to access linux/osx.

And you would get an X session on the Mac. Not too useful. VNC seems to be the preferred choice in the real world.

Microsoft's built-in remote display technology.

The best RDP client for Android is Remote RDP

For the MAC, you could install xrdp which provides the same protocol to access linux/osx.

RDP is a very lightweight protocol, originally created by Citrix way back and bought or licenced by Microsoft, as they do with the bits of Windows that are any good.

Try XRDP. It doesn't have all the features MS RDP has but the features it has work well. You can use different rdp clients like mstsc, rdesktop, freerdp and thin clients. http://www.xrdp.org/

Use SSH+X-Forwarding, start screen with a named window, start the application, press CTRL+Z to put it in the background, detach from screen.
Start another SSH+X-Forwarding on another system, attach to screen using the named window, and foreground the process.

Haven't tried it, but it should work. "screen" (or one the many others that do the same job) should keep the application up and running while you switch machines just like it does for console applications.

Or you could just install a Remote Desktop Service to handle RDP just like Windows, for example XRDP.

^ Seconded. I'm a happy xrdp user. It beats X11, VNC, x2go, and NX in my opinion.

For serious remote desktop usage on Linux, the only thing I've tried that's actually any good is NX, although that is the only thing I've tried. Microsoft's RDP protocol is excellent. NX is the only thing that comes close to it.

Perhaps this project may interest you. I've tried all of the janky, half-assed remote desktop solutions that Linux has to offer (x2go, NX, X11 forwarding), & this one seems to work the best for me.

AFAIK, there are ways to connect to a Linux box "using" a RDP client

Well, then you must not know very far.
It works well but does not have printing support.