Posted by
timothy
on from the ssh-don't-tell-anyone dept.
Mithix writes "Gizmodo is reporting that the popular (and free) SSH client PuTTY is now in beta for Symbian OS, the OS of choice for the Nokia Series 60, the Nokia 9200 Communicator Series, and the N-Gage. Finally, something redeeming for the N-Gage?"
PuTTY for Windows is the best software of its kind. When I need an SSH/XTerm window to a Linux box, PuTTY is what I use, because I can't find an alternative that works nearly as well. That being said:
PuTTY insists that you use default XWindows conventions for cutting and pasting. Even most XWindows software is more flexible than that, never mind a cross-platform app. It's a pain for somebody who works primarily in Windows.
Configuration is horribly idiosyncratic. Options are not arranged in anything like a logical fashion, creating or modifying sessions is a pain, and it's too easy to make a bunch of changes and then lose them.
Either the PuTTY people are totally bored by UI design issues, or they just like to torture people. I hate to complain, because it's basically good (even excellent) software, and the price is right. But come on, guys!
Re:PuTTY Experience
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kisielk
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Also, portable configuration files in PuTTY would be a real blessing. One of the best parts of PuTTY is you can easily fit it on the tiny portable media of your choice and use it anywhere. Unfortunately it uses the registry to store its settings, sessions, etc and it would be nice if I didn't have to write to the registry of every machine I ever used it on. It would be nice to just carry a config file with all my sessions along with my PuTTY executable.
putty doesn't need cygwin, but you need putty even if you have cygwin.
cygwin's ssh client has some annoying problems, expecially when using curses programs. They are just annoyances, but why put up with them when you can get putty that works nearly flawlessly.
Um.... Sony Ericsson T616 isn't a Symbian OS based phone.
And it is pretty much impossible to write an ssh client for it simply because of the crappy Sony Ericsson J2ME implementation. Sony Ericsson has chosen not to implement sockets so j2me "internet" apps must utilize wap push mechanisms in order to send/receive data.
If you want a phone that supports sockets look for a phone with a phone that has MIDP 2.0 implemented. I'm pretty sure that sockets is a requirement in MIDP 2 and optional in MIDP 1.
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But I'm still not buying an Ngage.
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One thing to be aware of though is that it is limited to SSH - the PuTTY client for Windows does telnet and rlogin too, but not this version.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
- PuTTY insists that you use default XWindows conventions for cutting and pasting. Even most XWindows software is more flexible than that, never mind a cross-platform app. It's a pain for somebody who works primarily in Windows.
- Configuration is horribly idiosyncratic. Options are not arranged in anything like a logical fashion, creating or modifying sessions is a pain, and it's too easy to make a bunch of changes and then lose them.
Either the PuTTY people are totally bored by UI design issues, or they just like to torture people. I hate to complain, because it's basically good (even excellent) software, and the price is right. But come on, guys!putty doesn't need cygwin, but you need putty even if you have cygwin.
cygwin's ssh client has some annoying problems, expecially when using curses programs. They are just annoyances, but why put up with them when you can get putty that works nearly flawlessly.
Um.... Sony Ericsson T616 isn't a Symbian OS based phone.
And it is pretty much impossible to write an ssh client for it simply because of the crappy Sony Ericsson J2ME implementation. Sony Ericsson has chosen not to implement sockets so j2me "internet" apps must utilize wap push mechanisms in order to send/receive data.
If you want a phone that supports sockets look for a phone with a phone that has MIDP 2.0 implemented. I'm pretty sure that sockets is a requirement in MIDP 2 and optional in MIDP 1.