cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/9853743
I’m running OpenSUSE leap 15.5, When I was on the linux mint, I was using warpinator but using it on openSUSE is troublesome and I wish there was a linux version of blip but unfortunately there is not.
kde connect.
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KDE Connect or LocalSend, you can even use tethering from Android without a wireless router.
One option is Syncthing.
+1 for Syncthing, I use it and love it.
1)Localsend 2)Magic-wormhole 3)setup a ssh server on your pc then add sftp storage in Material Files app (can be found on Fdroid)
I use https://syncthing.net/ . There is an android app on F-droid.
This is also a great alternative to syncing photo albums between devices instead of syncing with the cloud.
How big? When I’m lazy and the file isn’t large I just upload to a draft email and look at it on the other device. I use Windows but this isn’t really an OS specific method.
If by wirelessly you mean via Wi-Fi network then one convenient option is qrcp. It generates a QR-code right in your terminal, which you can scan with a phone and send/receive files through a web interface on the URL it provides.
If you want to transfer files regularly, there is another option. Almost every distro has Python installed, and the Python has a “built-in” FTP server. You need to just
cd
into desired directory and run the commandpython -m pyftpdlib -w
. It will open a FTP server with root in this directory. You then can access it through a file manager, like Material Files for example, and send files and folders back and forth. In Material Files you can save the server address for future use.Python having a built-in FTP server is amazing. Definitely gonna have to save your comment and try that.
Yeah, actually it also has a HTTP server, in case you need to transfer something big one way and don’t want to bother with FTP connection
I’ve heard plenty of other people have had a better time with it than I have, but I like to use KDE Connect for some reason that I’ll never understand. That, and Wormhole, through flatpak since I suck at installing through source.
adb
For the occasional transfer I use Bluetooth or a plain USB cable. Call me old fashioned.
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I’ve used Solid Explorer’s built in ftp server for that. I like it because you don’t need separate app on your pc for it.
I drop files I want to share in
~/public_html/files/
as I have a webserver running on my desktop with the firewall open to the local network. Might be tough for a noob to setup though. But on my phone the file shows up in/~christopher/files/
and I have trouble remembering how to type the tilde.Dropbox?
Begone, heretic!
If you want to pay 10x what S3 storage and a free S3 browser/sync util costs
I guess i depends on how much data you need to move and how long you want the sync open for. I’ve had a dropbox account for… I forget how long, and have never paid them a dime.
So you have no data? You don’t use it for backups, or storing videos/photos? Seems like you’re paying for the same service I get, you’re just paying someone else, and likely more.
No, I’m not paying Dropbox anything, I use it as a passthrough to transfer data from one device to another.
Example: I like having the same background and lock screen images on all my devices, I pass those through Dropbox.
I use S3 and a sync util to do the same with all my music, photos and videos. I’ll be hosting my own S3 soon enough, but for now AWS/Glacier instant retrieval is like 1/10 the cost of Dropbox
Again, I don’t pay Dropbox anything. :)
Congrats, you’re an edge case of Dropbox users.