Re: recommended ftp clients for Debian
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:36:18 Bret Busby wrote:
> On 25/02/2015, Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> wrote:
> > On 24/02/15 10:01 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
> >> On 24/02/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Yes, I know I can STFW. I have in fact done so. But I am after
> >>> personal
> >>> experience.
> >>>
> >>> I want a simple ftp client, for putting not getting, that is easy and
> >>> pleasant
> >>> to use. GUI based. For the use of non-geeks as well as myself.
> >>>
> >>> Lisi
> >>
> >> For which version(s) of Debian?
> >>
> >> My preference for my web sites development, is gftp. I have been using
> >> it through various versions of Debian, through to Debian 6, but I
> >> haven't tried it with Debian 7, and I do not know whether it is
> >> available in Debian 7.
> >>
> >> And, I have found it easy to use, for both putting and getting,
> >> although, for getting, depending on the circumstances, wget is also
> >> good.
> >
> > I'm using gftp with Jessie and it works OK. I used to use kbear since I
> > use KDE but kbear hasn't been around for a while.
>
> I had used kftp, from time to time, if I encountered significant
> problems with gftp, but (I think from memory) found filezilla easier
> to use than kftp, but, as previously stated, my preference is for
> gftp.
>
> As with gftp, I do not know whether kftp is included with Debian 7.
gftp *is* in Debian 7 (though apparently not in 8 - see Liam below). kftp
seems to have transmogrified into kftpgrabber.
> Much of what worked in Debian 6 and before, appears to have gone from
> Debian 7.
Lisi
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