Re: running rsh and ssh?
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 08:47:00AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 01:38:38PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > > Do a Google search for "PuTTY SSH Windows". PuTTY is a nice, free
> > > terminal emulator for Windows
> >
> > ... and soon Unix. :) (pterm is already ported and in Debian unstable,
> > while plink is on its way.)
>
> Huh? Why does Unix need a GUI terminal emulator with built-in SSH? I'd
> rather just run ssh in an xterm. What point am I missing here?
The fact that pterm is purely a terminal emulator, not something with
built-in ssh. If PuTTY itself gets ported it'll probably be because the
author feels like it. *shrug*
Also, some people are dissatisfied with OpenSSH in many ways, not least
prompted by the mess that was 3.3 ...
> I also don't see the need for Yet Another Xterm Replacement -- between
> xterm, rxvt, powershell, aterm, eterm, gnome-terminal, and konsole,
> hasn't that particular need been filled more than adequately?
pterm is faster than most of the above, for one thing; 'ls -l /dev'
takes 9.5 seconds to scroll in an xterm here, but a third of a second in
a pterm. That alone was enough to get me away from xterm. Nor does it
have the cruft associated with things like eterm and konsole. But hey,
if you don't like it you don't have to use it. :)
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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