sharing files between ubuntu computers

[Derek Broughton]

Irving Leonard wrote:
>> >
>> >From earlier post above, use a graphical file manager
>>
>> like Konqueror that supports the fish (files over ssh) protocol. Then
>> you could just open the konqueror browser, type fish://<hostname or IP
>> of the other machine) and then drag & drop the files you want from one
>> computer to the other.
> Maybe I'm wrong 

You are...

> but it says "fish =
> Files_transferred_over_shell_protocol"; ssh stands for Secure Shell, so if
> you want to make transfers over ssh use sftp.

Trust me: fish always operates via ssh.

If you _can_ use sftp, do so - always.  However, not every ssh 
implementation provides an sftp server - which is why there's fish.

-- 
derek