On 2007-09-14, ***** charles <me@planetearth.com> wrote:
>> It depends on what you mean by "best". But if by "best" you mean
>> "fastest" then ftp is indeed fastest since ftp doesn't really have a
>> "protocol" on the file transfer channel. Ftp negotiates the transfer
>> on the control channel and then simply opens another socket and blasts
>> the file directly into that socket - no headers or tails or crc or
>> checksum added to the traffic so no additional overhead beyond TCP/IP.
>
> Are there any good gui based ftp programs out there for linux/windows?

For Linux, use mc (Midnight Commander). It's text, but visual.
For Windows, get FileZilla.


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