File transfer from a Pi

Support & Help Requests
1

I’m running 16.04 lts on a PC

I’m trying to get some files from a PI. I did have samba working OK, but for some reason the NMB daemon in the Pi has stopped working. So somebody said I’d be better off using VNC, as the Pi has that installed.
So I’ve been trying to get VNC working and I haven’t a clue. The Vino instructions say to go to the gnome desktop and configure it there with “remote desktop” but that doesn’t seem to exist in Mate.

Any suggestions how this old codger should proceed?

Any good resources on how to set up file sharing between Mate and Pi Raspbian

2

Hey, maybe it is late.

So basically there are a couple of options of doing file transfer.

The cli way

  • SSH
  • python -m SimpleHTTPServer
  • Magic Wormhole

The GUI way:

  • Dukto
  • Nitroshare
  • Firefox Send
  • Samba

I would really love to see something like Airdrop out of the box in Ubuntu MATE.
Any of the tools above integrated in the system will save time and effort.

Cheers