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You can run FileZilla through WINE (I did). Works decently, but can run into some problems from time to time.
I use gFTP that comes with the GNOME suite. I am sure it is available as a standalone package. You can also use Midnight Commander (mc) as an FTP client if you want something console based that is a step above command line.
Also Nautilus (GNOME) should open FTP links and you can drag/drop files from window to window.
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eric
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Cheers guys, I’ll download and try gftp when I get some time on my Linux box. I’m using Suse and KDE desktop, not Gnome, don’t know if that was the best choice but I had to start somewhere…
I’d like to stay away from Wine if I can cos it kind of beats the whole point for me. Besides, I’ll still have WinXP on my other machine until either OpenOffice becomes 100% perfect at exporting to MS Office formats, or everyone I’ll ever work for switches to OpenOffice. So I can always run FileZilla on that. Thanks again.
Surely there are hatfuls of ftp clients in SuSe?
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eric
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There might be lots of stuff in Suse that I haven’t discovered yet! If you know of one, could you let me know where to look? cheers.
opera is a browser not a ftp client.
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eric
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@sushubh: do you know it was your propaganda here that got me to finally try opera as a browser/email/newsreader in the first place? If you ever apply for a marketing job in Norway i’ll write you a reference 🙂 Yeah I know it’s not meant for ftp but I just tried it anyway because it’s good at all the other stuff. It does work, just not really convenient. Perhaps that would be a suggestion for their roadmap?
@eric: good to know opera came out good for you 🙂 its ftp browser is pretty decent 🙂 it dont upload coz its not an explorer shell like IE is 🙂
Well MC Midnight Commander (already recommended above) would be my linux choice. As a file manager MC is awesome anyway so why not use the same tool. Some folks mind find it a bit geeky but that is linux.
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eric
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wah, so may tools, so little time! i’ll report back when i get a chance to try them.
