p300 software to chat, share files, etc. in our local network

p300 software to chat, share files, etc. in our local network

p300 is a multi-platform software that allows us to chat, share folders, etc. in a local network using P2P technology. 

p300 in Ubuntu Among the most widely used software Linux users not only to synchronize files and directories between PCs find BitTorrent Sync. BitTorrent Sync is a multi-platform software that exploits the quality of P2P technology to be able to quickly and easily synchronize your files and directories bookmarks between different computers and mobile devices, all without using any central server or cloud storage service. Features are very similar in the p300 interesting open source software that allows us to chat, send and synchronize files and directories between different PCs connected to the same local area network through P2P technology. 

p300 has an integrated HTTP server with which we can manage the downloading / sharing of multiple files through a simple and intuitive web interface, there is also the possibility of limiting the bandwidth (useful for VPN connections). With support for IP Multicast and IP Broadcast (UDP), the software is able to automatically detect p300 other hosts on the local network (we can also manually add some hosts), also has an integrated chat and support for WebDAV that allows to be able to access files and directories that are shared directly from our file manager.

p300 is an open source software written in Java available for Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac.
For Linux p300 does not require any installation, it is important to have Java installed in your distribution.
 
For Debian, Ubuntu and install Java just by typing in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

the installation is complete we can download and start typing p300 from the terminal:

wget http://p300.eu.nyud.net/releases/current/p300.jar
java-jar p300.jar

and we started.

To speed up the launch of p300 can easily create a link from the menu using dedicated application such as Arronax.