In Windows, you need to resort to other programs like WinSCP or Filezilla to visually browse ssh shares. In Linux, file managers natively support this.
First add your ssh key to the agent:
ssh-add ~/.ssh/mykey_openssh.pvt
Next, for convenience, create a config file so you can use aliases to connect.
Eg: To connect to 35.180.101.49 as root, we will use the alias ovh. So config file looks like this:
Host ovh
Hostname 35.180.101.49
User root
Port 22
Now open a file manager, and in the address bar type this:
sftp://ovh4
It will momentarily show the root directory of the remote server. You can now edit remote scripts on your favorite locally installed IDEs. Enjoy!
Thunar seems slow for this. Nemo is perfect.
Joel G Mathew, known in tech circles by the pseudonym Droidzone, is an opensource and programming enthusiast.
He is a full stack developer, whose favorite languages are currently Python and Vue.js. He is also fluent in Javascript, Flutter/Dart, Perl, PHP, SQL, C and bash shell scripting. He loves Linux, and can often be found tinkering with linux kernel code, and source code for GNU applications. He used to be an active developer on XDA forums, and his tinkered ROMS used to be very popular in the early 2000s.
His favorite pastime is grappling with GNU compilers, discovering newer Linux secrets, writing scripts, hacking roms, and programs (nothing illegal), reading, blogging. and testing out the latest gadgets.
When away from the tech world, Dr Joel G. Mathew is a practising ENT Surgeon, busy with surgeries and clinical practise.