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.

    • jacab [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      also syncthing, if you’d like to synchronize a directory to act like a shared folder and be identical on both devices

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.works
    3·
    6 months ago

    Syncthing is great to periodically sync files between Linux and Android. And you could use it as file transfer service for occasional needs if you just share an empty directory.

  • nycki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    6 months ago

    syncthing is the easy option if you have some files you always want to have on both. if you just want to access your desktop files from your phone, I recommend Cx File Explorer for Android, it’s a file browser that supports various network file share protocols including Samba and SFTP.

  • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Mostly because I’m not the most competent techie, I’ve been using VLC between my PC and iPhone, for moving “books” around on devices that are very out of date.

  • rodbiren@midwest.socialEnglish
    31·
    6 months ago

    Croc or syncthing depending on what kind of experience you are after. Syncthing if you want to have a shared folder like expert. And croc if you just need to send something. Croc has an app on f-droid, and syncthing is on the app store. Both are open source and pretty for excellent in their own right.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I can recommend syncthing. If it’s a file you want to keep updated between the two devices, it’s great and easy to set up. I use it for my password manager database.

  • Cwilliams@beehaw.org
    2·
    6 months ago

    I’ll throw out another way: to access files from your phone, you can use termux. python -m http.server

  • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I use rclone and the Round Sync Android client.

    Supports a ton of back ends, self hosted, and commercial options. You can transparently encrypt with private keys you control.

    I personally use B2 Backblaze for storage.

    My phone backs up every night and Round Sync pushes them to B2. On my desktop I can mount as a volume. I can also access my storage from my phone going the other direction.

    I’ve done the same using SFTP if I don’t want the overhead of persistent file storage.

    It does not support indexing or previews for searching or finding say a photo. You can put whatever you want for data. So I have caches, indexes, and thumbnails that work in Linux. I can’t really make use of those on my phone though.

    Rclones bisync feature is also a bit dangerous when I tried to use it a year ago. I more than once “deleted” everything. B2 doesn’t delete by default, just hides, so I was able to recover. I now do unidirectional syncs from my machines to different buckets until I’m motivated to investigate a proper 3-way merge solution.