How to Set Up a Local NFS Share for Windows, macOS & Linux
🎯 Quick‑Start: A Local NFS Share That Everyone Can Use
In this post we’ll walk through a “technical” path for creating a network‑shared folder that all of your devices can see.
- Server OS – Debian‑based Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.)
- Clients – Windows 10/11, macOS 13+, any modern Linux distro
Why NFS?
Fast, stateless, and natively supported on Unix‑like systems.
We’ll keep the setup minimal, but you can expand it with ACLs, encryption, or move to SMB/CIFS later – we’ll touch on that too.Published on December 22, 2025