Author: Jason Taylor Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] android to linux file transfer (WAS: How well does "ADB"
work?
On 2026-04-22 13:19, Nick via Dng wrote: > On 4/22/26 6:17 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:15:18PM +0200, Didier Kryn via Dng wrote:
>> ...
>> ...
>>> Pluging an USB memory stick is simple and not more harmfull than
>>> connecting the power supply; it has a small draw-back, which is that
>>> Android, like Windows, writes junk files and directories of its own
>>> on the
>>> memory stick. The easiest way to transfer to/from Linux is
>>> definitely the
>>> wifi interface; and it is clean: no junk is written.
>> what *is* the wifi interface? How do I use it? I need to transfer
>> files from
>> an android phone to a devuan laptop.
>>
>> -- hendrik
> Why do you not use mtp to transfer files? https://wiki.debian.org/mtp.
KDE connect is another option, but maybe has more dependencies.