using linux based ftp for file transfer

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Andrew Swinn">

> I've seen this method posted in a few places, and I haven't noticed
> anything bad happen the countless times I have done it. Why is it bad?

Would you ever want to tell your mother to "killall gnome-panel"? That is
why it's bad. It's a bug. If you ever see the software not functioning
correctly like this, please report it.

- Jeff

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