[ubuntu-uk] gFTP
David Hopkins
hopkins81 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 19 09:51:58 BST 2007
I use gFtp and find it to be pretty much ok. However, I do really feel
it to be pretty limited compared to filezilla which I use on windows
all the time. Was surprised that filezilla was already available as a
package on nix, looks like it might be on the way though.
On 18/04/07, TheVeech <theveech at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 18:31 +0100, Lee Tambiah wrote:
> > Strange I find Gftp to be reliable, I have no major issues with it. It
> > can keel over if lots of data is pushed at once, but I usually find
> > this with many ftp clients. You can try FileZilla but I think it's
> > currently in beta (although it seems to work well).
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558&package_id=206762
> >
> > You will need to compile from source, I installed it once but
> > preferred Gftp.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > On 4/18/07, TheVeech <theveech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:31 +0100, norman wrote:
> > > I have been trying to use gFTP with no success. It seems
> > very prone to
> > > crashing. Could some kind person suggest any other software
> > that I
> > > should use.
> >
> > Look at that!
> >
> > Yes, gFTP is a nightmare unless you're only shifting minimal
> > amounts of
> > data (unless they've fixed it since I last looked).
> >
> > Nautilus is okay. I've heard good things about FileZilla, and
> > there's
> > extensions available for Firefox.
> >
> > HTH.
>
> I've had a similar debate over at the forums. I've yet to come across
> an FTP app as unreliable as it, though. Some people like gFTP, others
> don't. Amazingly, some people claim they don't get problems with
> shifting a lot of data. Can't see it myself.
>
>
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