i love G6 ftp server for windows.. I've been able (after many headaches) to get proftpd running before on suse and redhat, but I dont like it much... I want something, small, simple, and with its own ...
FTP dæmons may not get much attention, but what attention they do get is in the form of security advisory after security advisory. There's not much hack value for most people in supporting something ...
You can setup both a Samba server & an a FTP server on your Linux box. So, the Samba server will take care of sharing files with your Windows box; and the FTP server will take care of sharing files ...