Networking Linux and Windows XP

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cparsons

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using and ethranet cable, how would i go about networking my Linux Ubuntu laptop to my Windows XP pc, so i can share file, print from the printer connected to the pc and use the pc's internet connection? :confused:
 
Download a piece of software called samba, google it and it should be near the top and then install this on your linux laptop, this will then allow you to share printers and files in the same way that ou do with 2 or more windows machines, and it is pretty reliable.
 
better yet, in a terminal type in:
sudo apt-cache search samba
this will show you all the packages in the ubuntu repositories for samba. to get and download it type in:
sudo apt-get install [package name]

i just took a look at apt-cache, and there are several that you might wanna try or need, one being "samba", "smb2www", etc.
 
BTW, if you get samba with apt, you will be sure to get samba that works expressly for ubuntu. otherwise, you might install something that was meant for another distro, like i did with slimp3. i installed the red hat version of it because i did not think to look in apt first. . . :(
 
so after downloading this "samba", would you recommend creating the connection through samba or the windows networking wizard?
 
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