Giver is in the Ubuntu 8.10 repos. I think that you need to compile from source
for older versions. It also works in Jaunty.

See: http://code.google.com/p/giver/
idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/easy-file-sharing

Checkout the video:
video.google.com/googleplayer.swf

For anyone interested, Giver was developed by the folks at Novell and shares
files between Linux boxes on an internal network. It involves installing the
client on each machine and running it on each machine. The machine name and an
avatar shows for each machine. You basically click on the machine that you want
to share to while on the machine containing the file or folder. drag and drop
works as well. It works like IM sharing, which means the the receiver must
ACCEPT the file which is my problem. I want to send the files or folders to an
unattended machine.

I use Dropbox to share files across the internet, but you need a hispeed
connection, which I have, and unlimited bandwidth, which I have, and time to
manually delete files after use, which I don't have. It just seems to be a waste
to upload and then download the same file between various machines. Giver works
on the intranet and if I can send them unattended, it would be ideal.

Dropbox info: http://www.getdropbox.com/