using linux based ftp for file transfer

[Peter Garrett]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:28:34 -0800 (PST)
Tito Scohel <khanikaradio at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> I've just migrated to Ubuntu and still browsing around to get it going. I've installed from the Ubuntu CD. 
> 
> Any idea which ftp software I can use, the easiest one the better, for file transfering to the servers in USA.
> 
> Thanks/regards,
> 

You can do ftp with the Gnome file manager - Places --> Connect to
server . The KDE file manager also does ftp - I think you just enter
ftp:// in the location box ( I don't have KDE here as I am not running
Kubuntu on this box)

In Nautilus ( Gnome) you can also hit ctrl + L to get a location field, and
type ftp://user@host.whatever.org  In either case the system should prompt
for a password.

There is also " gftp" which is a dedicated ftp client, but for most
purposes Nautilus or Konqueror should work fine, unless you are a heavy
ftp user. Drag and drop etc work too - just open a couple of windows.

By the way, both Nautilus and Konqueror will do ssh/sftp in a similar
manner. "Connect to server" in Gnome should also put an icon on your
desktop that you can click for access to the server.

If you are a *genuine geek*  you can also explore the command line ftp and
lftp programs ;-))  ( lftp would need to be installed - either through
synaptic package manager or with " sudo aptitude install lftp " for
example. )

Peter