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I prefer winSCP to filezilla, although, to be fair it's only a UI preference.

I also avoid storing passwords in applications.

Lately I've been using MobaXterm It wraps up the SSH and SFTP/SCP client in one place. It also allows you to run unix commands from windows, for example, scp and rsync.
It's not Open Source, but there is a free version. It also gives you a forwarded X session, ssh tabs, and runs from a single executable (portable).

That said, if I could get a native X11 interface inline with Windows... that would be great! No more need for PuTTY + Xming + remote linux box. I know that you can run a local X11 server though Cygwin... but that is definitely a mess and is very slow.

Use Mobaxterm. http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

--You should try Nomachine NX. Fast X over SSH. Supports Linux, OSX and Windows (plus tablet OSes.)

https://www.nomachine.com/

--That said, I have had some issues in the past with getting X forwarding with something basic like ' xclock ' working over SSH from Linux to Linux, but a bit of googling and modifications to the ssh config files (and bouncing the ssh daemon) cleared that up. Also make sure if you are using bash scripts that you have the proper command flags: ' ssh -2 -X -Y -c blowfish -o TCPKeepAlive=yes user@linuxbox ' is an example.

--I just checked, and SSH from Linux to Linux running ' palemoon ' brought up the browser OK. That said, you should make sure you have at least the basic X dependencies installed on both ends; sometimes trying to use X apps on a headless server can be problematic.

--If you have a linux box and want to SSH to it from Windows, I can highly recommend MobaXterm.

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

--Feel free to email me if you want to experiment with X forwarding again. Even if you don't have a dedicated linux box we could always setup a virtual machine. :-)

> But to anser your question: I would like to have a complete linux-shell with all tools that truely feels native under windows.

--Look into MobaXterm - it comes close.

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

I'd like to comment about MobaXterm: It is a Lazarus (or more likely Delphi) application with the source code freely available under the GPL v3 license. However, it uses some closed source items as part of its build environment, so it will not compile from the available source. It cobbles together pieces of MinGW and the MinGW Xserver into a nice product. Worth installing, if you cannot have a true Linux terminal. Link

That said, security-wise, be careful with MobaXterm. Per Nessus it runs on its host with its X11 server wide open. Nessus will even happily grab a screen shot of what was going on on your screen the moment it scans it.
I think he has the remote Xserver screen grab turned on for the Windows 7+ peek feature, so you can have some idea of the window you want to open. Problem is, that feature doesn't fully work yet. If you have multiple overlapping windows, you get what's on top - that it. So if you have something fullscreen with covering something else behind it, you'll get a peek of the part of the fullscreen window, and not the window you really want.

That said, it's the best inexpensive shareware/nagware terminal/X11 server around, short of using 100% Linux. On the full commercial side, Hummingbird's Reflection product may technically be better, but when it costs $500 to $1000 per seat per version - no thanks. $70 to $100/year is more reasonable than that (price is based on Euro, so Dollar price varies)

This looks cool:

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

Visual demonstration on page.

If you want SSH, go ahead and install it on Windows; who is stopping you? There are at least eight known SSH servers that run on Windows. That's two more than on Linux :-)

If all you need is ssh+X11 under windows, I like mobaxterm a lot more than cygwin these days.

You are correct, my bad. Two other SSH servers for windows (that appear to be free) :

http://mobassh.mobatek.net/ - never heard of it

http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ - Based on Cygwin but doesn't require a full blown cygwin install.

I will just had the freeware servers freeSSHd and freeFTPd for a perfect scripted remote administrated windows on the cheap
http://www.freesshd.com/

Or for the cygwin based mobassh for a more linux feeling
http://mobassh.mobatek.net/

you can use rdp from linux you don't need to use vnc

http://mobassh.mobatek.net/en/
  is a free version of ssh server to run on windows sshfs will allow you to mount your windows drives on your local linux system.

maybe these tools could make your life a little easier.

hope they help

I have a question. When you use GPL code in your project don't you have to share the source,or was that all FUD? The reason I was asking was that I was going to say that MobaLiveCD should have been on the list,because it is one of the coolest things I have come across in ages. A fully functional virtual environment that doesn't need ANY install,just double click to launch and pick your live CD and give it a try! But when I went to their website the code isn't there. It says right on the website that they based it on Qemu which is open source,yet all you find at their website is some kind of funky freeware license that gives them the right to go proprietary any time they want. So does that mean they are in violation of GPL? Sorry if this comes off as a newbie but IANAL and contracts are one area I know less than zip about. We can't all be experts in everything,right?