[ale] ssh clients

[Wolf Halton]

I use ZOC terminal, which is a wrapper for puTTY.  It works better for me
because it lets me do tabs and and a speedy site menu so I don't have to
type the site names over and over.


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Brian Stanaland <brian at stanaland.org>wrote:

> I've used MobaSSH. It's cool because in addition to the ssh client they've
> also coded a bunch of linux commands to work on the Windows machine.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Chad Huneycutt <chad.huneycutt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I personally use putty, and I should mention Putty Connection Manager
>> (http://bit.ly/HreTT) if you really want tabs.
>>
>> I don't know a lot about it, but MinGW (http://www.mingw.org) seems
>> preferable to Cygwin for me.  I know that Windows git package comes
>> bundled with it, and it seems better integrated than Cygwin.
>>
>> - Chad
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:35 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>> > On Android, "Terminal IDE" is nice, but it is not a full ssh client
>> (missing
>> > sftp and scp).
>> >
>> > If they have GPL code, and it is linked with their code then they must
>> provide
>> > source code and build files.
>> >
>> > If they kept their implementation at arms length, perhaps through
>> fopen() and
>> > pipes, then they can release their part of the code under any license
>> they wish
>> > and do not need to provide that to you or anyone else.  If the had to
>> modify the
>> > GPL software to make it work with theirs, then they must release those
>> > modifications.
>> >
>> > Usually at small companies, the lack of source release is due to
>> ignorance, not
>> > malice.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 01/31/2013 12:44 PM, Scott Plante wrote:
>> >> Since 2000, I've been primarily working from my Linux desktop, so I
>> don't
>> >> usually need an ssh client. Before that, I used WRQ Reflection.
>> Sometime in the
>> >> early aughts I switched to PuTTY for those times I needed an SSH
>> client on
>> >> Windows, and still use it. Recently I came across DameWare SSH Client
>> >> <http://www.dameware.com/free-ssh-client-for-windows.aspx>, and it
>> made me
>> >> wonder about PuTTY alternatives.
>> >>
>> >> DameWare's big claim to fame is that it has a tabbed interface and is
>> supposedly
>> >> as good as paid SSH clients. I can't recommend it. The terminal
>> emulation
>> >> doesn't work for me, it doesn't support public keys, and you /have to/
>> use the
>> >> tab interface--you can't open two separate windows.
>> >>
>> >> I've also tried the Google Chrome SSH app which is beta and doesn't
>> have too
>> >> many bells and whistles, but seems to work fine.
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering what SSH clients everyone else is using and/or
>> recommending
>> >> these days?
>> >>
>> >> By the way, the DameWare is closed source, and the license contains
>> this:
>> >>
>> >>     The third-party software contained in this Software may include or
>> contain
>> >>     software licensed under the following licenses, GNU General Public
>> License
>> >>     (“GPL”) or Lesser GNU General Public License (“Open Source
>> Programs”).
>> >>      These Open Source Programs are licensed pursuant to a end user
>> license
>> >>     agreement that permits the end user to copy, modify, and
>> redistribute the
>> >>     software, in both source code and binary code forms.  These end
>> user license
>> >>     agreements can be located at:
>> >>     <http://www.solarwinds.com/support/3rdPartySoftware/3rdParty.htm>.
>>  Nothing
>> >>     in this EULA limits an end user’s rights under, or grants the end
>> user
>> >>     rights that supersede, the terms of any applicable Open Source
>> Program end
>> >>     user license agreement.
>> >>
>> >> Hmmm, so it "may include" GPL code but it's closed source? That
>> doesn't seem
>> >> quite right.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Chad M. Huneycutt
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