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How to network Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux?

We have two computers at home - one Windows XP, one Ubuntu Linux.

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bert [Entry]

"To share files and printers on your Ubuntu box, setting up Samba would be my best suggestion. There's a good explanation and tutorial here.

From the documentation:

The Samba project was started in 1992 by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is a set of tools to share files and printers with computers running Microsoft Windows. It implements the SMB network protocol, which is the heart of Windows networking.

To share files from your Windows box, you'll want to set up the client version of Samba, smbfs.

For the printer, if it is on the Ubuntu box, it's probably just easier to configure CUPS to make it available on the network. If it's on the Windows, box, you should be able to add the printer without too much trouble."