Windows like shared folder?

[Richard JOHNSON]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:18:08PM +0200, Harald Sitter wrote:
> > Just out of curiousity, what is the "public" folder currently in the home
> > dir by default for?
> 
> No idea, I doubt it has a use case in either Ubuntu nor Kubuntu
> 
> > Could this not be set up for this purpose?

I swore that the 'Public' folder was for exactly this reason. Doesn't GNOME
have some sort of app/daemon that lets you know others are near by, and if
possible share data via the 'Public' folder? I swear I remember Jorge and
some of the Michigan guys showing it off at Penguicon this year.

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