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by skolemtotem 2914 days ago
Familiarity and consistency across platforms are two obvious reasons that come to mind. Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal.
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guessmyname 2914 days ago
Most, if not all, Linux distributions allow you to FTP into a remote machine using the file manager.

Nautilus, Gnome's file manager, have offered this functionality for several years.

> Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal

That's a weird thought considering that the parent comment is using Linux.

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