Must Have For All Linux Users/SA’s

If you are like me, you work in Linux terminal 80% of the time. Whether it’s SSH, Telnet, or other protocols you are probably using something like Putty. I have done so for years as well, and have been OK with it. Along the way came Better Than Putty and while it was better in some aspects, I ended up going back to the original.

Along the way, and only recently, I’ve discovered Poderosa and I never looked back. It is cleaner, smoother, doesn’t clutter your desktop with multiple sessions — and across servers. It has all kinds of highlights that will keep you busy in discovering that everything you wanted in an emulator session. It’s also a very small memory signature on your client and has a Cygwin plugin if you like using that as well.

Easily reproduce sessions

Right clicking on the sessions tab gives you this menu option and you can easily rename, reproduce, or customize your sessions.

I end up using the options so much I’ve memorized the key strokes that reproduces my sessions.

There’s color coding of directories, files, files that have 777 permission settings, etc…Colors are done with ease. What I do is have a specific color schema to my production boxes, vs. backup servers, Development, and QA. This way, I have a subconscious warning from my brain that I am working on a prod box and that I can not do the same things I can on dev server.

Change Color Schemes quickly

Here’s one of the nifty things and the only reason I’ve liked Better Than Putty. Splitting your sessions across the same application and the way to do that is brilliant. Just mouse over to the center of your session and an arrow appears, just click again and voila. You can then drag other session’s tabs in to that area and you have a lovely split screen, whether it’s vertical or horizonal.

Yeah, I’ve left my IP in there but it’s a home cable’s PC. So all you hackers, don’t get happy.