Vi is usable, but Yast looks like crap under putty. Not that we use it much anyway. Some of the products we use have X-based admin functions, but that probably wouldn't keep me from switching if I could get a decent ssh client that didn't mess up ANSI graphics.
What I HAVE used successfully is XF86 under Cygwin to get an xterm session on my desktop, and from there ssh to the zLinux system. I've been using Exceed for a long time though, so it's mostly a religious preference. The X clients don't have that much overhead, most if that is in the window and display managers. Exceed has a mode where both of those run on the Windows side. No desktop, just a terminal window. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Adam Thornton > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Error message using Hummingbird Exceed V9 to > ssh to SuSE SLES8 on zSeries..... new install.... > > > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 13:22, Hall, Ken (IDS ECCS) wrote: > > I almost always use xterm instead of straight ssh. The > terminal emulation is better supported, so curses-driven > stuff works as it should. That isn't always the case with > pure telnet and ssh clients. > > Well, isn't that a function of your terminal emulator? > > Putty's pretty good. Cygwin's rxvt, from which you then run ssh, is > excellent. Neither of these require running X on your Linux/390 > instance, or doing all the X protocol overhead. > > Adam >
