[ale] ssh clients

[Brian Stanaland]

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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