OT Can I connect my two computers together with FireWire

[Jim]

Steven Vollom wrote:
> I would like to transfer data from one computer to another.  I have a firewire 
> cable. If I connect the two computers together with the FireWire cable, will 
> I be able to communicate back and forth and transfer data from one to the 
> other this way?  Thanks!
>
> Steven
>
>   
Are you using Gnome or KDE ??

KDE has a neat little application built in to Konqueror, calles "fish"
If I want  to send some data/files to another computer on my home 
network ,  in the  Konqueror "Location" box i type in

fish://bob@192.168.1.100 , and  ssh (on my computer) will display a 
Konqueror window of the 192.168.1.100 computer.
then I can drag-drop files , folders to and from both computers.

Be sure sshd is enabled in both computers, and you have a folder&file  
~/.ssh/known_hosts on both computers.