[ale] ssh clients

[Jeff Hubbs]

You can always use Cygwin but I dunno about proper terminal emulation.  
Cygwin probably gives you Screen, which I know a lot of people like.

On 1/31/13 1:04 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> A coworker came across MobaSSH a few days ago. Looks pretty good, but 
> I haven't tried it.
>
> On Thursday, January 31, 2013, 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.
>
>
>     Scott
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> James Sumners
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