Linux – Where to create a shared media folder

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I'd like to place all my family's media in one shared folder for everyone to use from any computer. Whether it's a PC or home server.

What is more appropriate:

Create it in my home folder (/home/lamcro/media/)
Create a new account called media (/home/media/)
or just Create a new folder (/media/)

As far as I know, there is no "Shared Folder" in Ubuntu, like in Windows.

I'm just looking for the least cumbersome method, in case I ever want to do a full Linux re-install.

Best Answer

I would recommend creating and using a /srv mount point for "services provided by your system".

Personally, I have the following:

/srv

    /srv/mm         (for "multimedia")
    /srv/mm/music   (all shared music)
    /srv/mm/photos  (all shared photos)
    ...
    ...

I then mount these directories using NFS on all other family computers on the network. I use the same naming convention on each client to keep things simple.

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