Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 2 February 2020 10:32:40 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Why not create a shell script that is little more than the list of > scp(1) commands? > > One advantage of the command-line over the GUI is the ability to > assemble ones own vocabulary of commands by standing on the shoulders of >

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
I always used to use Nemo and Caja, but they are slow (1 connection at a time only), and often don't let you retry if the network times out or another error occurs... so you have to manually hunt out the files that weren't copied/moved etc. So now I use FileZilla as recommended by Terry :D Hamish

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread aidangcole--- via dorset
That's all fine and dandy, but if it's a graphic tool you want, why not just use the file manager that you already have (ie Dolphin, Nautilus, Caja etc etc) No need for Filezilla or anything like that. On 02/02/2020 09:53, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday, 2 February 2020 09:22:27 GMT

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I then use Filezilla to up and download files to and from the remote > device. I do a lot of the latter, because at least once per week I > connect to all the Pis in the network and download results files which > show the levels of water in the various areas of the River System. >

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread James Gordon via dorset
Snowflake is a GUI to manage ultiple ssh connections, the connections are still just console not a GUI. VNC is a GUI connection to your rPi. Snowflake just stores the connections, much like juiceSSH for android. James. Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On 2 Feb

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 2 February 2020 09:22:27 GMT PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > I have seen two articles recently about connecting to a Raspberry Pi. Is it > horses for courses, or is one to be preferred over the other? We do a lot of remote connecting to Raspberry Pis :-) Until now, I have

Re: [Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
Sorry, meant to send later when I had tried them both. On 02/02/2020 09:22, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: I have seen two articles recently about connecting to a Raspberry Pi. Is it horses for courses, or is one to be preferred over the other? Snowflake ssh:

[Dorset] Connecting to R-Pi -Snowflake or VNC

2020-02-02 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
I have seen two articles recently about connecting to a Raspberry Pi. Is it horses for courses, or is one to be preferred over the other? Snowflake ssh: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/snowflake-is-the-linux-ssh-gui-you-didnt-know-you-needed/ Vnc: