Ok – I use 3 distinctly different operating systems routinely.
I have windows XP – this is on my laptop and also have a copy on my desktop – though this rarely runs it now.
I have ubuntu (kubuntu) on my desktop – this is nearly always on and is great.
I then have a Mac in the office at work – running Mac OS X.
generally apart from keyboard issues (as i don’t have a Mac Keyboard so sometimes the mappings go wonky) – the Mac is fine – no probs, but in order to access SSH the Mac just doesn’t have anything to touch Putty.
Putty is a very well known and very popular SSH client – I’ve been using it since around 2003 – maybe earlier. It exists for windows and this appears to be where it is primarily developed for – and it’s great – never seen a better SSH client – does what’s needed – nice and clean, lets you save session data etc…
It exists for Linux – so I have in it my ubuntu install – don’t recall how I got it – but it’s pretty much like the windows client – few little quirks but it’s putty and i can use it.
But when it comes to the Mac – I’ve hunted – searched – tried someones build – didn’t work – got the source – can’t compile it! Why does no real equivalent of Putty exist – theres a few that pretend to be – buth when you are administrating multiple servers they just don’t quite cut it!
The problem is it’s not just Putty – theres a handful of programs that seem to be available on “free” operating systems like ubuntu which help people who have come from windows – and who – to be honest – like to use a graphical interface sometimes – which just aren’t available on the Mac – I am sure this works the other way – problem is the Apple want the Mac to be more mainstream and whilst they are making progress – it’s just not there yet…
P.s. I am sure I will rant about how useless windows is – and ubuntu at some point – in fact I feel a Ubuntu rant coming along soon…..