File Sharing in Linux and Unix
The latest Linux and Unix distributions all include support for Windows file-sharing (SMB) protocols, so sharing files with computers using other operating systems (or other Linux/Unix distributions) should be easy. The terminology is not always the same, but if you understand the underlying principles involved in network file sharing, you shouldn't have any trouble working with a mixed network.
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In this section, I'm describing tools for sharing files that are part of the most commonly used Linux and Unix desktop environments—Gnome and KDE. If you're a hardcore user who works from the command line rather than a desktop, I'm assuming you already know how to create and use network shares or, if not, that you can ...
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