How to Easily Transfer Files between Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, and iPhone Sometimes Simple Is Best There are many ways to transfer files from one Linux computer to another. Moving files to a computer with a different operating system requires a little more effort. If the requirement is for a one-off movement of files, that doesn’t warrant setting up a Small Message Block (SAMBA) or Network File System (NFS) network share. And you may not have permission to make changes to the other computer. You could put the files into hosted storage in the cloud, and then log in to the storage from the other computer and download the files. That means transferring the files twice using the internet. This will be much slower than sending them over your own network. Perhaps the files are sensitive and you don’t want to risk sending them to cloud storage.