Re: recommended ftp clients for Debian
On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
Sorry - I should have said kftpgrabber - it is a while since I last
used it, and, I do remember, now that you have mentioned it, that the
KDE equivalent of gftp, is named kftpgrabber.
My error.
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Bret Busby
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West Australia
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