It’s all fun and games until someone brings a USB 2.0 thumb drive.
The file could transferred over the LAN and the network de-saturated faster the file could be copied off a USB 2 drive.
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Xanza@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Over WiFi? Pass around physical media.
Nothing ruins a LAN party like someone saturating 90% of the connection to ISOs.
If it’s a dedicated file server, with its own network, then the obvious choice is Samba.
markstos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Xanza@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I haven’t seen a USB 2.0 drive in 15 or so years. So I’d say you’re pretty safe… And even if that were the case, it’s still preferable vs hogging the connection for a single file.
USB transfer only affects you with slow speeds until the transfer is done. Network transfer affects the entire party with slow speeds until the transfer is done.
It’s the obvious choice if you’re having saturation issues, even at 2.0 speeds.
evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
The event is ~2—3 hours or so. If someone needs the full Debian (80 gb!), I think USB 2 would not work in that timeframe. USB 2 sticks may be rare, but at this event there are ppl with old laptops that have no USB 3 sockets. A lot of people plug into ethernet. And the switch looks somewhat more serious than a 4-port SOHO… it has like 20+ ports with fans, so I don’t get the impression ethernet congestion would be an issue.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 3 weeks ago
Wonder which distros they passing
Xanza@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The kid in me hopes its Slackware, but the loser in me hopes its Arch. 😂😂😂
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Samba on a Linux user meeting? lol 😅
Xanza@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I mean, yeah?
NFS is great and all, but it’s not compatible with everything out of the box. Generally, samba is compatible with everything. Linux, Windows, Mac, whatever.
Samba is the obvious choice because it’s compatible with everything out of the box.