Basic file sharing using nemo

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I’m trying to setup sharing between computers. I had an attempt about 4 years ago but it was all to hard and I gave up. Recently when I was transferring files using a thunbdrive, I thought I really should try and setup basic networking!
I google networking Manjaro linux and found out that there are many different ways of doing it (like SSH, Samba, FTP, rsync, nemo file manager, and more…)
To narrow down the choices I list my devices and expectations:

  1. Minimum security, I will be the only one accessing files
  2. Initially I just like to network 2 computers (a laptop and a desktop) that are both running Manjaro Cinnamon edition
  3. I need the network to work in both direction from each computer and not limited to a special ‘Share’ folder. At least the entire home folder (and all sub-folder) should be accessible
  4. The computers are connected to a router (Fritz!Box 730 az) over lan
  5. As mentioned I use the ‘Cinnamon’ edition, Nemo is my default file manager and it does have a network tab That’s how I expect to access network files.
  6. My partner uses Windows 10/11 pcs It would be nice if they can also be access but not essential. Also my partner would not want to install anything on her system.
    What can you suggest? Thanks
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This alone already suggests that the only viable solution would be to use Samba. The Samba client is installed by default in Manjaro, and allows you to connect to a Windows server — provided that everything’s properly configured, of course.

And likewise, you can set up your GNU/Linux machines as emulated Windows servers, so that your partner can access either of them from her Windows machine. You will then of course need to install the samba package if it’s not installed already — it includes the server side of the SMB protocol.

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