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any chance you know of something comparable for linux? I have tried a half dozen or so in last few months and keep coming back to filezilla, maybe it's because

any chance you know of something comparable for linux? I have tried a half dozen or so in last few months and keep coming back to filezilla, maybe it's because it's familiar, but always like options.

blfr 6y ago
I use lftp. The website design tells you exactly how the tool works. https://lftp.yar.ru/ https://lftp.yar.ru/ One of the most valuable features is its ability to download a single file over multiple connections pget -n 4 your.file.tar.gz because many ISPs limit speed per flow and opening multiple of them, even to the same target, allows you to max out your connection.
- sunsipples 6y ago
  appreciated, thank you
- lathiat 6y ago
  I use this all the time not due to ISP limits but in Australia the 200-400ms latency limits you instead especially as you go over 50Mbit. Mirror command is also great :)
- dmoo 6y ago
  +1 for lftp. On windows I use it via Cygwin for scheduled tasks etc. FileZilla has a speed advantage over winscp but nothing like the flexibility.
Macha 6y ago
Your file manager probably does FTP. Try enter a [s]FTP[s]:// URL into your location field. Depending on your distro, for gnome or derivatives you might have to install a gvfs plugin package first.
marcosdumay 6y ago
Just to add, you file manager probably does SCP and SFTP too. So, on Linux just launch whatever tool you use to browse and copy files, it will probably work seamlessly. It's Windows that does nothing out of the box, so people has to go after tools.
- olestraLeaking 6y ago
  Windows does this out of the box, by typing in an ftp:// address into the default explorer file manager address bar. it even saves logins if you want. Windows has done this since Windows 95 /IE4 days. Good to know that Linux has finally joined the fresh tech wave of the 90's and copied that basic useful function. My little brother once heard Jack and Diane on the radio, and proudly proclaimed that John Cougar Mellencamp has copied Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love with You." That also was funny.
  - Macha 6y ago
    > Good to know that Linux has finally joined the fresh tech wave of the 90's and copied that basic useful function. I don't think anyone has said that Linux didn't do this in the 90s too, e.g. KDE supports this since KDE2, released in the year 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_2 In pretty much its current transparent form, though more protocols have been added since. Not sure what CDE supported, which I think was the big pre-Gnome/KDE UI.
SquareWheel 6y ago
WinSCP is so much better than Filezilla, I just run it in Wine.
mpol 6y ago
There is also Gftp, which is most probably available in your distro. https://github.com/masneyb/gftp https://github.com/masneyb/gftp

any chance you know of something comparable for linux? I have tried a half dozen or so in last few months and keep coming back to filezilla, maybe it's because it's familiar, but always like options.

blfr 6y ago

I use lftp. The website design tells you exactly how the tool works. https://lftp.yar.ru/ https://lftp.yar.ru/ One of the most valuable features is its ability to download a single file over multiple connections pget -n 4 your.file.tar.gz because many ISPs limit speed per flow and opening multiple of them, even to the same target, allows you to max out your connection.

sunsipples 6y ago
appreciated, thank you
lathiat 6y ago
I use this all the time not due to ISP limits but in Australia the 200-400ms latency limits you instead especially as you go over 50Mbit. Mirror command is also great :)
dmoo 6y ago
+1 for lftp. On windows I use it via Cygwin for scheduled tasks etc. FileZilla has a speed advantage over winscp but nothing like the flexibility.

Macha 6y ago

Your file manager probably does FTP. Try enter a [s]FTP[s]:// URL into your location field. Depending on your distro, for gnome or derivatives you might have to install a gvfs plugin package first.

marcosdumay 6y ago

Just to add, you file manager probably does SCP and SFTP too. So, on Linux just launch whatever tool you use to browse and copy files, it will probably work seamlessly. It's Windows that does nothing out of the box, so people has to go after tools.

olestraLeaking 6y ago
Windows does this out of the box, by typing in an ftp:// address into the default explorer file manager address bar. it even saves logins if you want. Windows has done this since Windows 95 /IE4 days. Good to know that Linux has finally joined the fresh tech wave of the 90's and copied that basic useful function. My little brother once heard Jack and Diane on the radio, and proudly proclaimed that John Cougar Mellencamp has copied Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love with You." That also was funny.
- Macha 6y ago
  > Good to know that Linux has finally joined the fresh tech wave of the 90's and copied that basic useful function. I don't think anyone has said that Linux didn't do this in the 90s too, e.g. KDE supports this since KDE2, released in the year 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_2 In pretty much its current transparent form, though more protocols have been added since. Not sure what CDE supported, which I think was the big pre-Gnome/KDE UI.

SquareWheel 6y ago

WinSCP is so much better than Filezilla, I just run it in Wine.

mpol 6y ago

There is also Gftp, which is most probably available in your distro. https://github.com/masneyb/gftp https://github.com/masneyb/gftp