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On Tuesday 17 March 2009 00:52:16 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> > So Putty doesn't really suck in isolation. It does work and can really |
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> > operate any different way. Using Putty on it's host platform sucks to |
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> > someone who is used to much more efficient way to accomplish the same |
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> > task. |
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> Have you tried simply using openssh on Windows? Or is cmd.exe really |
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> the problem? I prefer Putty because I can more easily copy and paste, |
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> resize the window, scrollback, etc. versus the cmd.exe shell (which is |
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> basically useless). I'm sure there are alternative windows command |
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> shells (or you can use rxvt or something with cygwin) |
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This was the first time I had actually done something useful on Windows (apart |
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from a quick browser surf here and there) for about a year. It's my |
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girlfriend's machine and has putty so I used it. |
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I'm in the lucky position of not needing Windows for anything whatsoever, so |
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the annoyance of navigating putty once a year is far better than trying to |
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install something else more to my liking (which I would never use of course) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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