Connecting to Linux with Putty

Introduction

Putty is a free, fine Windows program to connect to Linux through Telnet or SSH. Kitty is a more active fork.

Setup

Usage

Maximize window

Keep list of hosts and double-click

Remember login/passw

CTRL-C doesn't work

Doesn't handle BACKSPACE and DEL : Do you want to continue [Y/n]? dsfdsf^?^?^?^[[3~^[[3~^[[3~

BACKSPACE : Terminal > Keyboard : Backspace key = Control-H

DEL : Function keys and keypad = XTerm BAD, Linux BAD

Stop flashing windows black/white when hitting BACKSPACE in first column

Tab managers

MTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY)

http://ttyplus.com/multi-tabbed-putty/

Putty-nd

http://sourceforge.net/projects/putty-nd/

Looks like a fork of Putty with tabs, but didn't go further because I prefer Kitty.

SuperPutty Fork

NO BINARY?

https://github.com/phendryx/superputty

PuttyCM

DEAD?

http://www.unixmantra.com/2013/04/putty-connection-manager-tabbed-putty.html

Superputty

DEAD

https://code.google.com/p/superputty/

PuTTY Connection Manager

MOVED TO SuperPutty

http://putty.org.ru/articles/putty-connection-manager.html

PuttyTabs

NOT GOOD

http://www.raisin.de/putty-tabs/putty-tabs.html

PuTTY Manager

NOT GOOD

http://sourceforge.net/projects/puttymanager/

Q&A

Vi(m) doesn't support the keypad

If you get letters instead of digits when using the keypad, configure Putty/Kitty thusly: Settings > Terminal > Features, check "Disable application keypad mode" > Apply.

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