Easiest way to share files between Ubuntu and Windows 7 machine?

Question

What is the easiest way to share files between two machines running on Ubuntu and Windows 7 machine?

I tried setting up SAMBA. It is way too difficult and didn't work for me.

Answer 1

Running Samba on the Ubuntu machine makes sharing the files easy. Just mount the drive from Windows 7. Windows shares can be mounted on the Ubuntu machine using smbfs.

Answer 2

I usually use WinSCP on the Windows machine.

To install SSH on Linux you can do something like: aptitude install openssh

SAMBA is too complicated.

And if you're feeling especially lazy, install tightvnc server on the Windows machine. Then you can use vnc on the Linux box to view the Windows desktop. From there, you can open a WinSCP session back to Linux. ;-)

Answer 3

You can use VMware Player.