Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-06-01 Thread Larry Martell
On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 2:24 AM gene heskett wrote: > Well, since I'm alone, my wife passed 3.5 years back, and was not > computer literate, its my show. And sshfs Just Works. I use this machine > as the src for my output for some 3d printers, although the 4 linuxcnc > machines are largely standalo

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-06-01 Thread gene heskett
On 6/1/24 06:07, Michael Grant wrote: I use sshfs, works great to let me drop files on my server from my desktop. But I wouldn't call that "file sharing".  I probably would call that a "network disk" or "remote mount". There's probably some formal definition out there, but when I think of fil

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-06-01 Thread Joe
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:06:43 + "Michael Grant" wrote: > > To this day, I have yet ever to see an easy way to share a file > between 2 devices without full internet connectivity, except by say > getting one to run an ftp or ssh server and ftp or ssh'ing over the > file between local ip addrs

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-06-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Michael Grant wrote: > I have long been plagued by the problem if sitting in a room or on a boat > with someone, 2 devices right next to one another, and no trivially easy way > to send a file from one device to the other without say first uploading it > to some mutual third party (e.g. whatsapp).

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-06-01 Thread gene heskett
On 5/31/24 22:37, David Wright wrote: On Fri 31 May 2024 at 17:30:19 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: On 2024-05-31 13:58, gene heskett wrote: On 5/30/24 20:09, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? Ther

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread David Wright
On Fri 31 May 2024 at 17:30:19 (+0100), mick.crane wrote: > On 2024-05-31 13:58, gene heskett wrote: > > On 5/30/24 20:09, mick.crane wrote: > > > On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: > > > > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over > > > > LAN? There have already b

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread tomas
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 01:16:28PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 05:30:19PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > > I only drag stuff in and out of the directory in Thunar. Dragging from the > > directory takes a copy. I wondered what would happen if somebody deleted a > > file while y

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 05:30:19PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: > I only drag stuff in and out of the directory in Thunar. Dragging from the > directory takes a copy. I wondered what would happen if somebody deleted a > file while you were half way through fetching it. If you're copying a file, that m

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread tomas
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 05:30:19PM +0100, mick.crane wrote: [...] > I only drag stuff in and out of the directory in Thunar. Dragging from the > directory takes a copy. I wondered what would happen if somebody deleted a > file while you were half way through fetching it. This will depend on the

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread mick.crane
On 2024-05-31 13:58, gene heskett wrote: On 5/30/24 20:09, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, bu

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 08:58:34AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 5/30/24 20:09, mick.crane wrote: > > On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: > > > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over > > > LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, > > > Nitro

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-31 Thread gene heskett
On 5/30/24 20:09, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems.  I don

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Carter Zhang
Dear Richard, But I never use pre-complied packages since by doing this I won't know whether I will install proprietary binaries. Yours, Carter On May 31, 2024 2:38:26 PM GMT+08:00, Richard wrote: >LocalSend and LanXchange are available as precompiled archives. Also, >LocalSend is available as

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread eben
On 5/30/24 22:46, Carter Zhang wrote: Dear Dan, Thanks a lot for your reply but I am not clear how to use SFTP, SCP or NFS on Android. Could you please show me how? Any help will be appreciated. (lines wrapped) SFTP / SCP: https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/pushpitha/50334853/1538653/1538653_80

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Carter Zhang
Dear Richard, Thank you for your reply. LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot have their respective problems. LocalSend is not available in Debian's and Trisquel's official repositories, and it is not so convenient to complie it from source using a machine w

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Carter Zhang
Dear Dan, Sorry I forgot an CC. Thanks a lot for your reply but I am not clear how to use SFTP, SCP or NFS on Android. Could you please show me how? Any help will be appreciated. On May 29, 2024 11:37:55 PM GMT+08:00, Dan Ritter wrote: >Carter Zhang wrote: >> Dear Dan, >> >> Thanks a lot fo

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread eben
On 5/30/24 20:08, mick.crane wrote: On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems.  I don

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread mick.crane
On 2024-05-29 15:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems. I don't know if sshfs would have issues wit

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Richard
A client that by your own words barely works, while fully functional alternatives have been available for many years already. So what's your point? Am Do., 30. Mai 2024 um 14:23 Uhr schrieb Anssi Saari < anssi.sa...@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi>: > > Wow. I already mentioned an open source client? W

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Anssi Saari
Richard writes: > There have already been many answers. And since it's highly unlikely any > third party will include support for such a > closed down system, you might want to look at them. At least I don't think > Google will suddenly open source Nearby Share > for everyone to write clients f

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Richard
There have already been many answers. And since it's highly unlikely any third party will include support for such a closed down system, you might want to look at them. At least I don't think Google will suddenly open source Nearby Share for everyone to write clients for it. Am Do., 30. Mai 2024 u

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-30 Thread Anssi Saari
Carter Zhang writes: > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? > There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, > LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective > problems. I'd like to know too, assuming you're asking for trans

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread gene heskett
On 5/29/24 13:34, Monte Milanuk wrote: SyncThing On 5/29/24 07:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective proble

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 10:07:17PM +0800, Carter Zhang wrote: > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files > over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, > NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have > respective problems. Your post is

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Monte Milanuk
On 5/29/24 07:58, Curt wrote: I travel to https://pairdrop.net/ on both devices on the LAN for the occasional file transfer. There is an Android app, although you don't need one (merely a browser). Thanks for that... I may have to set that up with my wife's iPhone.  Getting her to use SyncT

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Monte Milanuk
SyncThing On 5/29/24 07:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems.

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 29 May 2024 22:07:17 +0800 Carter Zhang wrote: > but they have respective problems. We can't advise you very well if we don't know what you think their respective problems are. A more important question: What problem would you like to solve? -- Does anybody read signatures any more?

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Curt
drop.net/ on the both devices on the land for the occasional file transfer. Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user From: Curt Subject: Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps References: <8d2a6e13-9f36-47ed-a2e4-7543b1701...@autistici.org> Organization: Unorganized Followup-To: On 2024-0

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Richard
KDE connect? That has clients for many systems. But the question is, what's the issue with the existing solutions? It's quite a useless task to recommend file transfer apps when they all have the same issue you try to avoid. Richard

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Hans
rsync - which is biderectional and uses checksums for correct transfer. Best Hans

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread eben
On 5/29/24 10:07, Carter Zhang wrote: Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems. scp / sshd nc, but you don't get authenticati

Re: Question About Free File Transfering Apps

2024-05-29 Thread Dan Ritter
Carter Zhang wrote: > Are there any free apps for GNU/Linux and Android to share files over LAN? > There have already been LocalSend, LanXchange, LANDrop, NitroShare, Sharik, > Warpinator, TrebleShot, but they have respective problems. On the Debian side, options include: - SFTP and SCP via