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Web hosting providers usually give you FTP access when you need to upload data to their online storage. On Linux, a file manager is all you need to access network storage.
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Web hosting providers usually give you FTP access when you need to upload data to their online storage. On Linux, a file manager is all you need to access network storage.
If you need to access a web server from Windows, you usually have to download additional applications off the web, such as the open source programs Filezilla [1] or WinSCP [2]. Both of these application support FTP/FTPS, and WinSCP also offers SSH/SCP.
On Linux, however, you do not have to look far for a network-capable file manager: The Thunar and Dolphin file managers, which are built into the major desktop environments, get on perfectly with all popular file servers on the Internet. Even the terminal offers a variety of tools that facilitate the synchronization of data between your computer and a server on the Internet.
What used to be called Epiphany, File Roller, or Nautilus in Gnome, are now simply called Web or Internet , Archive manager and Files .
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