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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by checkyoursudo on Friday August 27, 2021 @05:46AM (#28325897)
When on my local network, I'm at the point regardless of OS (Win, Linux, Mac alike) where I tend to fire up the Python built-in http.server module on whichever machine I want to share from and go to the other to download whatever files I need.

I have never gotten inter-OS file sharing like SMB/Samba to work right other than using rsync or scp. And the only intra-OS file sharing I've ever had a good experience with is Mac AirDrop.

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by vladvasiliu on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:20AM (#28326058)
> I have never gotten inter-OS file sharing like SMB/Samba to work right other than using rsync or scp

That's weird. I usually just fire up Samba and everything works pretty much as expected. Granted, I don't use GUI tools, but one of the examples in the default config file is pretty much what you need (share the homes, or something to that effect).

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