General question about Linux

[Janina Sajka]

Alex:

Sounds to me like you should meet ncftp.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Alex Snow 
wrote:

> The only command line app I hate with a passion is the command line ftp
> client.  I'd rather use a gui ftp client under winblows to get files off of
> ftp sites, and the only time I use the command line client is when I know
> the exact path of the filename, and not for unfamiliar servers.  If a better
> ftp client was written, i.e.  Allowing one to use arrows to select the file
> or dir, and press enter on it to download.
> -------------------------------
> Alex Snow
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: General question about Linux
> 
> 
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > They say that Linux is better than Windows, but they probably want to
> tell
> > > that the command line is better than the graphical interface also.
> >
> > Absolutely right.  The number of people who are pleasantly surprised when
> > I show them faster ways to do stuff without their mouse, well I would be a
> > millionaire if I had a hundred pounds for each one!
> >
> > It's also a scientifically proven fact that, while good for beginners,
> > advanced users can perform tasks much faster with the keyboard than the
> > mouse, and in fact in some offices, even those that use MS Office etc,
> > mice are banned!
> >
> > HTH
> >
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> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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