
There are no advantages to getting a Linux laptop. Why don’t you switch to something like Cyberduck? FileZilla is really terrible. Once SSH is enabled, on Windows you can use WinSCP or Filezilla to browse and transfer files over the network.

I would download FileZilla (free client from here) and use that as you may find a GUI easier for the odd transfer. How can I connect to a SFTP Server of a service provider and copy and download files from there on mac ?

If you want a GUI instead of command line I have had great success with. What can I do to help determine why the speed of a bulk file transfer from a pc to a synology NAS is so slow?
