I've become completely reliant on Konqueror (I can just hear the KDE (http://www.kde.org)
developers cackling in the background, muhahahahahaha ). Yes, I know I
know. I am like Mr. Firefox (http://www.spreadfirefox.com). I'm even typing this on Firefox (http://www.spreadfirefox.com) as we
speak. But that's not the point.
I now do most of my web browing on Konqueror, mainly because it is the
only Linux (http://www.linux.org) browser that displays Windows Arabic correctly (that's
windows-1256 enconding).
Unfortunately, most Arabic sites (even some of
my own) don't seem to know squat about Unicode Arabic, which works in
Firefox (http://www.spreadfirefox.com). So, Konqueror is my best friend now.
Aside from that, Konqueror is king of the desktop, with file
management, remote acces, etc. Well, remote access is the reason I'm
typing this.
I need to connect to my server, and I connect to my other computers.
Well, sometimes, I need a graphical interface (or at least WANT one).
Normally, SSH from the console is more secure than FTP or the dreaded
Telnet. I have a graphical FTP program in Gftp, and it can also do
SSH2. But let's face it, it's less than stellar.
To make a secure connection with Konqueror using sftp protocol, do the
following:
1. Open Konqueror (duh!)
2. In the address bar, type in sftp://remoteaddress.net where
remoteaddress.net should be replaced with the name of the SSH server
to which you are connecting (Side note: most Linux (http://www.linux.org) distros come with
SSH2 enabled and FTP and Telnet disabled). So, even if you think
you don't have an SSH sever, you probably do.
3. Konqueror, being the smart genius that it is, will then prompt you
for your username and password. Enter them. If you're
really feeling ambitious, tell it to save your password (but I'd never
do that).
4. Now, voila! You're connected! But who wants to have to
type that stuff in everytime? Not I. So, Click y our
bookmarks menu and add it to your bookmarks. Next time, all you
have to do is click the bookmark.
5. Now you can drag and drop files from remote locations to your hearts
content, securely and quickly. I now do this back and forth from
my laptop and desktop, sometimes forgetting that I'm using two remote
computers. It's just like managing files on your own system.
I can think of many other uses for this, but you get the idea.
