Re: where is network neighborhood?

From: Carl Fink (carlf_at_panix.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:30:59 +0000 (UTC)

On 2005-03-29, Trygve Selmer <trselmer@start.no> wrote:

> Linux is not Windows! In Windows, you share disks/printers through
> Microsoft protocols. Using Linux, you share disks using NFS and printers
> using CUPS ...

Don't be dogmatic. I use Samba to share files and printers between
two Linux boxes -- it's easier to set up and (according to people I
trust) more secure than NFS. 

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