Sure, using the Linux command line is optional. But these are commands I rely on every day, and you can benefit from them, too.

ShaniOS maintains two separate environments. If an update - or anything - goes wrong with one environment, simply reboot and switch to the other. I am seriously impressed.

Once you've taken care of these small setup tweaks, your system is ready for the fun part: actually using it. If you're ...

Then I discovered ttyd, with which I was able to turn my Linux shell into a live, shareable session in less than 30 seconds.

In version 19, the open-source SSH manager XPipe also connects to outdated Unix variants for the first time and supports pure SFTP.