Freebsd vs. linux

[Loren M. Lang]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:00:41PM -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> 
> On Feb 12, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Thomas Foster wrote:
> 
> >
> >>My solution is to remove emotion from the equation and simply install
> >>the best software for the job.  On the desktop, that's Windows.
> >>-- 
> >>Anthony
> >>
> >
> >Sometimes Mac is a better solution on the desktop, especially when it 
> >comes to Multimedia: Video/Audio/Graphics applications.  I guess that 
> >all depends on the environment...
> >
> 
> Or if you are a BSD/UNIX/Linux admin.  It is a lot easier to ssh and do 
> all the other things you want with your unix-like servers from Mac OS X 
> than from Windows.

I ssh from windows all the time using putty for my client.  It's a
suberb program with great terminal emulation and color support.  I've
also used it with public key auth and s/key auth just fine as well.
There is also a patch for gssapi/krb5 support, but it's a little more
difficult, but I doubt even openssh on max os x has that.

For file transfers, I'd have to double check to be sure, but I believe
WinSCP was my choice client.  It even fully integrates with windows
explorer so I can copy files just as easily as the already built-in ftp
support, but do it securely.

And for graphics, I find tightvnc to be a great program to access a unix
desktop with.

P.S.  I do still prefer to be in front of a real unix system, but
accessing one isn't too much trouble from windows.

> 
> Chad
> 
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