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1 • Sharing files (by Brad on 2024-10-14 00:27:12 GMT from United States)
Other - SneakerNet.
: - )
2 • sharing files (by Greg on 2024-10-14 00:53:33 GMT from New Zealand)
1. sneakernet
2. warpinator
3. kde connect
depending as always on what file needs to go from which machine to which machine.
3 • Ubuntu Cinnamon and Mate (by Pumpino on 2024-10-14 01:04:13 GMT from Australia)
Ubuntu shipped Mate 1.26 when 1.28 has been out for months, and Cinnamon 6.0 when 6.2 has been out for months (and 6.4 is scheduled to be released in December). If packages haven't been added to Sid, it's as though Ubuntu devs can't be bothered compiling them themselves. Fedora and Arch manage to get them functioning well in far less time and with far more other package changes happening.
4 • Syncing (by Pumpino on 2024-10-14 01:07:36 GMT from Australia)
I don't sync my home directory as such, but I have a data partition mounted to my home directory on each computer. I use SyncThing to sync it to a Raspberry Pi server which is on 24/7. When a computer is booted, it syncs any changes.
5 • Shares (by Arve Eriksson on 2024-10-14 01:09:57 GMT from Sweden)
Hm. What a mess my file shares are... 'Other' it is.
In some situations I use portable USB storage, other times I use Syncthing (when USB storage is not an option - PC to touchpad). I've been looking at other tools, but Syncthing is Good Enough(tm).
Reading the other comments, I went and googled Sneakernet, see what that is about, and... way to make a guy feel all his 40 years of age, nerds! :-p
6 • Sharing files between computers (by Sam Crawford on 2024-10-14 01:28:55 GMT from United States)
I chose other as I regularly use two different methods.
I sync my data between all computers and devices using Google Drive and Microsoft OndDrive. On Linux I use the "Insync" tool to do this. That way all my files are synced between my Linux and Windows devices.
The other method I use is a NAS on my network where I store commonly used files, programs, music and virtual machines so I can access them when setting up a new computer/distro.
7 • Share/Sync files (by Vinfall on 2024-10-14 01:42:26 GMT from Hong Kong)
Rsync is king, almost. I wish delta sync for local files just work but sadly it doesn't (technically it is possible via undocumented params but the result is still unsatisfying). Instead of slow scp/sftp, actually you can mount remote filesystem via sshfs and use whatever sync tools you like. Or in a much cooler way, share files via netcat! You can even redirect the pipe to tar and transfer compressed file.
8 • use caution with a shared home dir (by J.D. Laub on 2024-10-14 02:26:38 GMT from United States)
I once had /home on its own partition, and mounted it from my other distrohopping partitions. At some point I tried out a distro that had a later major version of some core software - can't remember what - maybe gnome or kde. The later version of software read the older format of config files, then rewrote them to the newer format it preferred. I didn't care for the new distro, so I booted back into an older distro. Blammo, I was hosed, because the old software couldn't understand the newer format of config files.
Nowadays I have ~/Sync/, and put under it any files I explicitly want Syncthing to handle.
When developing software I tend to save fairly often, which can be hard on the syncing. So I'm in the habit of doing a bunch of development in some other dir, then I rsync that session's work to ~/Sync/ . Use this approach only if you're disciplined enough to remember to bring ~/Sync/ into line.
9 • File transfer (by davew on 2024-10-14 02:47:32 GMT from United States)
My transfer tool of choice is Warpinator, but it's not always available. Then I use rsync. If it's available, even TeamViewer.
10 • FunOs, and other similar distros (by Greg Zeng on 2024-10-14 04:31:55 GMT from Australia)
The sixth version of FunOs was reviewed this time. Normally, I might have used Peppermint (Devian or Devuan-based), or Linux Lite (Ubuntu LTS-based).
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=compare-packages&firstlist=funos&secondlist=lite&firstversions=0&secondversions=0&showall=yes#allpackages
The above Distrowatch comparison shows the lightness of this new distro comes from a Windows Manager, avoiding most useful apps, including gparted, Synaptic Package Manager and a Desktop Manager of any type. Linux Lite & Peppermint uses Thunar, instead of the less powerful PCmanfm.
The best file manager in Linux, IMO, is Dolphin, so I'll avoid FunOs. The FunOs 'documentation' does not know how to use Synaptic Package Manager, which is needed for many Debian or Ubuntu-based distros; package corrections, additions, updates & removals.
Previously all the Ubuntu LTS systems had the ready-to-install Linux kernel compilations. However, after "2024-09-15 16:44", the official Ubuntu site no longer releases these, seconds after the source code is released by "The Linux Foundation".
https://kernel.ubuntu.com/mainline/?C=M;O=D
Instead, we need something like Synaptic Package Manager, Discover, etc., to avoid the usual CLI clumsiness.
Luckily this Debian or Ubuntu-based distro, like most others, can be updated easily and quickly, without skilled and tedious CLI torments.
11 • Rsync fan (by AdamB on 2024-10-14 06:32:20 GMT from Australia)
I use rsync heavily and regularly to transfer and backup files.
I would never back up, or share, an entire home directory - I usually have a data partition, or at least a data directory.
I move my Documents, Downloads, Music etc directories to that partition or directory, and create symbolic links to them from my home directory.. This system has worked well for me for quite a few years.
12 • sharing files (by peer on 2024-10-14 07:10:29 GMT from The Netherlands)
for sharing files I use:
- rsync for backup
- nfs for linux pc's and nas
- filezilla(sftp) for pc to android
- smb for windows virtual machines
13 • FunOS vs. Bodhi comparison? (by Uncle Slacky on 2024-10-14 08:44:42 GMT from France)
It would be interesting to compare the other "minimal" -buntu distro, Bodhi, which has been around for a while now, with FunOS in terms of memory usage, speed etc.
14 • Another rsync fan (by Daniel on 2024-10-14 09:30:03 GMT from United Kingdom)
Like @12 AdamB, I keep my Documents, Downloads etc on a separate drive and symlink. I have two distros I use regularly, so having easy access to all my Documents etc, and being able to share them between distros, is important to me. Reinstalling an OS is also less of a headache because I am not worried about data loss. All I keep in Home itself is fonts or other stuff not of great importance.
I back up to external drives using rsync, but for transfers of small numbers of files I use KDE Connect, Warpinator or Sneakernet as the need arises. KDE Connect is by far the most seamless of the options but no use when it comes to backup. Horses for courses.
15 • File transfers (by DachshundMan on 2024-10-14 09:49:48 GMT from United Kingdom)
If I want to transfer files between some combination of computer(s), phone, USB disk then:-
1) If I want them to be synchronized then I use Rsync.
2) If I am just passing them around between computers and/or phone then Warpinator (and the windows and android clones) or Sneakernet.
3) For backup I use Mintbackup or Dejadup.
Basically it is horses for courses.
16 • Home directory in a file (by uz64 on 2024-10-14 11:22:41 GMT from United States)
Honestly, if you want to take your /home everywhere you go, you're better off just using one of the many distros that are designed to run off a USB drive with persistence. They do it in a way that makes more sense than carrying a file system in a giant file on another file system on a partitioned portable storage device everywhere you go, and having to set up both computers manually to work with such an awkward setup. There are many out there that support this kind of setup.
17 • FunOs, and other similar distros (by Roger Brown on 2024-10-14 12:04:16 GMT from Australia)
@10 As the review pointed out, package management in FunOS is by using apt in exactly the same way as any Ubuntu or Debian based distro.
Hence users can easily install Synaptic (as I have done in a test VM).
I thought this to be quite a clever implementation of JWM.
18 • @10 proper nomenclature (by Jeffrey on 2024-10-14 12:59:01 GMT from Czechia)
@10 " the lightness of this new distro comes from a Windows Manager"
For the love whatever you hold dear, stop with the disastrously wrong words and phrases. What you meant was "window manager" ("window", strictly singular, and no CamelCase by the way). It has nothing to do with Windows. Same goes for "X Window", which also often gets butchered by being called "X Windows". (The worst part of it is that even many people who call themselves experts often get this wrong.)
19 • my other choice for file transfer (by ulugbek on 2024-10-14 13:03:46 GMT from Moldova)
I use NFS If i need transfer between linux and other unix-like systems
And if I need to share with windows I use samba
I know that there are a lot of never things, but been using NFS and samba for decades, both work just fine, so never explored other newer options.
20 • Syncing files (by SuperOscar on 2024-10-14 13:25:40 GMT from Finland)
The only viable syncing option wasn’t mentioned in the poll: it’s still Unison. Rsync is essentially one-way.
21 • @20 one-way rsync (by Jeffrey on 2024-10-14 13:40:17 GMT from Czechia)
@20 What do you mean by rsync being essentially one-way? Given the proper rights, it is as two-way as you can get. (Just as with plain old `mv`.)
22 • FunOS (by Cornishviking on 2024-10-14 15:50:39 GMT from United Kingdom)
To enable touchpad tap to click, follow the instructions here:-
https://funos.org/enable-tap-to-click-on-touchpad-funos/
23 • It is not clear what is the question... (by Vukota on 2024-10-14 17:22:32 GMT from Serbia)
In a poll you are not clear what are you asking
- Synchronizing files/setting between different computers/devices? "We'd like to hear how you keep your files and settings synchronized between computers"
- Sharing/sending some files between computers/devices? "To share files between computers I use...."
- Pure transferring of files?
These three things are very different and there are different applications/configurations to meet each one of them and I see people assuming different questions as one and the same.
24 • openSUSE Leap (by uz64 on 2024-10-14 19:23:14 GMT from United States)
So WTF is going on with openSUSE Leap? Last I heard they were killing off Leap, then I heard they weren't, then I heard they weren't sure what they were going to do with it but that it couldn't continue to exist in its current form because of the new ALP that they're focusing on. They even created an in-between semi-rolling release which they're testing called Slowroll, which they originally said was supposed to replace Leap. And now, they're preparing openSUSE Leap 16. Seriously, does anyone know what the hell is going on with this distribution? The confusion has existed for literally about a full year now, and I have yet to find a real, solid explanation or roadmap for the future.
I mean, I like Leap, no complaints that they're working on a version 16, I think a rock-solid stable traditional time-based point release still has a place, and the rolling release concept is not without its problems. But the endless confusion, constantly changing answers, and lack of clarification or real plan for about a year now is absolutely ridiculous.
25 • file transfer (by grindstone on 2024-10-14 20:01:02 GMT from United States)
Sneakernet. Sometimes the old ways provide emergency redundancy while 99% of what's backed-up is never needed. Can't explain it, but true, here.
26 • No sync wanted (by Bob McConnell on 2024-10-14 20:16:51 GMT from United States)
No, I don't attempt to keep home directories the same. Each computer on my network has specific tasks assigned to it. I need the desktops and home directories arranged to match those tasks. For sharing I have three NAS boxes on the network with a total of five shared directory trees. I do have cron scripts setup with rsync to backup the critical directories on each workstation to one of those NAS, but very few of those files will ever be accessed from other systems. To make all of this easy to access, I have a Compaq eight port KVM switch to give me access to many of those computers.
27 • @24 openSUSE by uz64 (by Ed on 2024-10-14 20:45:36 GMT from Sweden)
@24 openSUSE by uz64
Its seems the project has been standing at the crossroads for quite some time and havent been able to make a clear decision on the future direction. My impression is that Opensuse is in dire need of contributors and that some sub-projects is currently unmanagable. On the other hand the development of Aeon is very promising though one of the later updates borked my Aeon install.
I think we have to be patient. It will probably take time for things to settle. In the meantime I will focus on Fedora.
28 • openSUSE (by Jesse on 2024-10-14 21:27:40 GMT from Canada)
@27: "Its seems the project has been standing at the crossroads for quite some time and havent been able to make a clear decision on the future direction. "
Agreed. At this point, it's been about 18 years of openSUSE/SUSE constantly changing owners, changing direction, changing support cycles, changing development branches. I don't think they've had a management team in place long enough in the last 20 years to ever pick a direction and stick with it.
29 • sync gives me the creeps (by DrangleicHobbit on 2024-10-14 21:39:53 GMT from Chile)
I don't really sync too many things since I use my computers for different purposes. On the desktop I have a 2tb hdd where I store everything I want to keep but stays physically disconnected most of the time, and a few ssd running different OS for distrohopping or nuking if the need arises.
The laptop has its own copy of that setup. Anything I might want to share between computers I use a pendrive, or a torrent if too big in size, moving out the entire drive when that is not available.
Finally, I do use a mozilla account on all three devices (including my cellphone), but it deletes browsing data on quit and it's mostly used for hobbie reading and searching for stuff, not for any serious work.
30 • No Syncing Required (by Ventana431 on 2024-10-14 23:24:49 GMT from United States)
All of my computers are always on the same network so I just map them to a common NAS folder. If I need something remotely I use my cloud server access but that is rare. I have spent the last few weeks moving everything I can off of OneDrive and My Drive seeking zero fees and total security.
31 • Sync 'tween machines (by Otis on 2024-10-15 01:05:10 GMT from United States)
Everything is on all machines, including phones and iPads, over the cloud because there is nothing sensitive that I would not share with others. That sensitive stuff is 100% off line, off "the grid," in person. I'm old.
32 • FunOS performance (by penguinx86 on 2024-10-15 03:26:34 GMT from United States)
I installed FunOS in a VM on an old iMac with UTM. Boot time for FunOS was 10 seconds. As a comparison, LMDE booted in 50 seconds and Manjaro KDE took 65 seconds to boot, all running as VMs in UTM on the same iMac.
33 • sharing (by MInuxLintEbianDedition on 2024-10-15 10:08:21 GMT from United Kingdom)
I use thumb drives and usb ssd via adapters, and bt for old phone to smartphone pic transfers
34 • Linux Migration (by Geo on 2024-10-15 12:51:32 GMT from Canada)
So far, I have moved 3 of 4 family members from Win 10 to Zorin Linux. Happily, they are all pleased. One to go - wish me luck.
35 • syncing (by John on 2024-10-15 14:32:24 GMT from Canada)
I use MEGA sync tool. Works perfectly on all platforms. Also paired it with Trillium Notes to have my notes automatically kept up to date on all computers.
36 • No Syncing (by Robert on 2024-10-15 14:56:27 GMT from United States)
I don't sync files as such.
I have a file server to which I upload files that I want to keep.
Anything I want to use on a local machine I will copy down from that file server. Yes I could just mount a share and use the file(s) directly, but I don't keep the server running all the time. Plus one of the end devices is a Steam Deck, which is often out with me with no access to my home network.
37 • FunOS (by Nicola on 2024-10-15 18:08:35 GMT from Italy)
FunOs is too minimal for my taste. In general, as a lightweight operating system, I would recommend Lubuntu 24.10 with the wonderful LXQt 2.0, x11 (work to implement Wayland is ongoing) and Qt 6.
38 • openSUSE incertitude (by Nicola on 2024-10-16 12:27:37 GMT from Italy)
@24 uz64
The only certain thing is this:
"Leap 16.0 is a traditional distribution and a successor to Leap 15.6 with expected General Availability arriving in the Fall of 2025. Users can expect a traditional distribution in a brand new form based on binaries from the latest SLES 16 and community packages from our Factory development codebase."
Source:
https : / / news . opensuse . org / 2024 / 10 / 07 / leap-16-0-prealpha /
39 • @13 • FunOS vs. Bodhi comparison? (by Geo. on 2024-10-16 12:54:09 GMT from Canada)
Bohdi blew me away. It was the only "light" distro that would install on my personal ancient hardware. Not only did it install, but it was quick, smooth, and beautiful. I stopped there and never got to Watt, or Bunsen. The Puppy and Antix based distros also loaded, but the UI was weirded out my MS Windows family. Luckily their hardware supported Zorin. Regardless, Bodhi is an absolute pleasure.
40 • Sync Files (by RetiredIT on 2024-10-16 14:02:45 GMT from United States)
I have always used flash drives to update my backup laptop and keep it in sync with my production machine. Fast and efficient, especially if using USB 3.0 drives.
41 • Home sync (by Arthur on 2024-10-17 22:53:12 GMT from United States)
Trying to sync an entire home directory is overkill and error prone. How I sync files depends a lot on the nature of the files. If it's text in any form then honestly you can't beat git, because that's a lot of why git exists in the first place. I use it for code obviously, but I also use it for SVG images because they are a subset of html. I put my notes for college classes in markdown format and check them into git. Just about anything settings related goes into a dotfiles repository, checked into git. Keeping git accessible over a network is trivial if you can also run ssh over the internet, and relatively secure if you only allow public key authentication and properly manager your keys.
For other types of files, and I do a lot of photography so I've got a lot, I generally use rsync or sftp/scp depending on whether I want to mirror an entire directory or just snag a file off my NAS.
The benefit of all these command line solutions is that they're portable and scriptable. I tend to fairly seemlessly switch between FreeBSD and several different Linux distros, depending on the hardware, and I'm pretty well used to grabbing what I need off my own infrastructure. I don't get why people have always felt the need to complicate this stuff.
42 • bodhi (by arda on 2024-10-18 09:37:06 GMT from Türkiye)
@39 bodhi is even heavier than lubuntu and won't work with netbooks.
43 • @42 - Bodhi Legacy 32-bit (by Uncle Slacky on 2024-10-18 11:34:14 GMT from France)
It's certainly nowhere near as heavy as LXQt-based Lubuntu. LXDE maybe, but that's no longer supported.
This version works on netbooks: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhilinux/files/5.1.0/bodhi-5.1.0-legacy.iso/download
They're also currently working on a Debian-based version for 32-bit use into the future.
44 • File sharing (by Much Derper on 2024-10-18 17:47:12 GMT from United States)
I really like Seafile for file synchronization and sharing. The features that originally sold me on it were integrated client-side encryption (I got tired of the drawbacks of something like EncFS and eCryptFS) and performance with large files (my experience with ownCloud was abysmal), but it also has bunch of other useful features, including two styles of clients - full sync and mere caching, the latter very useful for devices with limited storage, SSO support, ability to share with anyone files and folders as read-only, or as write(upload)-only, and many others. Of course, self-hosting has always been and always will be a must too...
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| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
| • Issue 1110 (2025-02-24): iodeOS 6.0, learning to program, Arch retiring old repositories, openSUSE makes progress on reproducible builds, Fedora is getting more serious about open hardware, Tails changes its install instructions to offer better privacy, Murena's de-Googled tablet goes on sale |
| • Issue 1109 (2025-02-17): Rhino Linux 2025.1, MX Linux 23.5 with Xfce 4.20, replacing X.Org tools with Wayland tools, GhostBSD moving its base to FreeBSD -RELEASE, Redox stabilizes its ABI, UBports testing 24.04, Asahi changing its leadership, OBS in dispute with Fedora |
| • Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
| • Issue 1107 (2025-02-03): siduction 2024.1.0, timing tasks, Lomiri ported to postmarketOS, Alpine joins Open Collective, a new desktop for Linux called Orbitiny |
| • Issue 1106 (2025-01-27): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta 6, Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5, detecting whether a process is inside a virtual machine, drawing graphics to NetBSD terminal, Nix ported to FreeBSD, GhostBSD hosting desktop conference |
| • Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
| • Issue 1104 (2025-01-13): DAT Linux 2.0, Silly things to do with a minimal computer, Budgie prepares Wayland only releases, SteamOS coming to third-party devices, Murena upgrades its base |
| • Issue 1103 (2025-01-06): elementary OS 8.0, filtering ads with Pi-hole, Debian testing its installer, Pop!_OS faces delays, Ubuntu Studio upgrades not working, Absolute discontinued |
| • Issue 1102 (2024-12-23): Best distros of 2024, changing a process name, Fedora to expand Btrfs support and releases Asahi Remix 41, openSUSE patches out security sandbox and donations from Bottles while ending support for Leap 15.5 |
| • Issue 1101 (2024-12-16): GhostBSD 24.10.1, sending attachments from the command line, openSUSE shows off GPU assignment tool, UBports publishes security update, Murena launches its first tablet, Xfce 4.20 released |
| • Issue 1100 (2024-12-09): Oreon 9.3, differences in speed, IPFire's new appliance, Fedora Asahi Remix gets new video drivers, openSUSE Leap Micro updated, Redox OS running Redox OS |
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