How to share files between ethernet-connected desktop and wifi-connected phone? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by askance@piefed.social to c/opensource@programming.dev

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I tried LocalSend to send a photo from my phone to desktop, but the phone cannot detect any the desktop, possibly since the desktop is connected to the network via Ethernet.

I can post the photo to messenger, but that would be suboptimal privacy-wise. How do you guys move photos between phone and desktop? Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Sorry that I did not clarify, but the computer is shared for my family, so it has Windows (10) on it. Some country-specific proprietary apps do not like Linux :<

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If it's a Windows machine why overcomplicate it? Just use Samba/SMB/CIFS (File sharing in windows)

I'm pretty sure most file managers on F-Droid will do it

If you want automation, look into Syncthing

this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2026

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