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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 sftp or ftps, yes.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c yeah, but not FTP, right?

I run ssh.  If I need to share files I can throw it on a webserver, which, honestly, I almost never do either.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 there is this thing:
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/
Not sexy and not secure but if you don’t care about security, which one wouldn’t if thinking ftp as an option, then it’s the easiest and most convenient thing I have found if for some reason you don’t want to use the cloud.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c  `python -m http.server`
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 ya, I’m not a Linux dude. Couldn’t grow a neck beard.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c ROFL, I just picked it up over time.

Before I became a maintenance guy, I worked prepress for awhile.  I setup an FTP server for work.  But I haven't used FTP in years.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322  once I got my Linux+ cert and installed it and played with it. That was decades ago though. Now I’m thinking about installing Linux on an old PC and giving it to my 10 year old to play with. CentOS or MintOS I have heard random good things about, but I haven’t had time to  devote to it, so I haven’t bothered. Anything you recommend?
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c if you don't have any hard preferences, nearly anything is fine.

If you work with guys that use RedHat or centos, go with that, you can always get help from them.

I like Debian, but I dont really like the direction Debian has taken lately, but that's just personal preference.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 headless Debian intrigued me. 

Fedora is what I first used. Suse I remember being really popular for windows alternative desktops in Europe. 

I really am rusty and I don’t work with anybody that works on Linux. All windows all day and some macs.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c personally, I hate any RPM based distribution with a passion, but a lot of people like them and to each their own.

There's a lot of hype around rolling distributions now. They're constantly updated and if you get behind a couple of updates, you can bork your system.

The best thing about Debian is, you only have to install it once. You can forget about it for a year and come back and upgrade the system and it just works.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 with a passion you say?
Ubuntu I have also heard people say is a good easy to use workstation os. 

That updating you describe sounds like a complete destruction of one of the major pros of Linux: rock solid stability and reliability. I’m

My main thing right now is approachability. Do this, boom you have a machine that can browse the web and do a ton of things that are fun and easy to figure out.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, they take Debian as a base, pretty it up and release it as their own.

So, you install Ubuntu once and you have all the benefits of Debian.  That would be a good starter, for sure. 

It installs a helluva lot faster than windows. You'll be up and running in no time.