networking ubuntu and mint

[Michael Havens]

Nope.... No MAC. Two Linux boxes and 1 Windows  XP box. THanks for giving
me that link. Is there a way to make it so that I can have the desk top of
the other computer on another or else is this all text?

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> A server is defined by the role you place on it. so you can choose any
> computer to be a "server"
>
> That being said there is hardware that is specifically designed to be
> used in a server role. but for your purposes it is not needed (and
> expensive).
>
> My suggestion would be to pick the one that you are willing to leave
> on to host your data. go with the most convenient to do this with and
> then bingo you have it.
>
> There are a number of great walkthroughs for NFS...
>
> This was in my bookmark links for some time, not a bad read:
>
> http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/
>
> I only post it because you did mention there was a mac someplace in
> your house, and this might be relevant.
>
> but the Ubuntu forums have some awesome walk through's for just about
> anything (the only reasons i was so fond of Ubuntu for so long,
> freaking amazing documentation available)
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > yeah I should have done this before I wrote but I asked google how to
> > apt-get it . and it did..... so I didn't need to ask. Sorry! I thought it
> > would be something simple like apt-get nfs. But when I found out it
> wasn't I
> > figured it was complex and I needed to ask. Google first! then you.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> then it looks as if I'm going to abuse myself and go with NFS! So I
> guess
> >> I need to choose one of the three computers in my network to be the
> server.
> >> How can I tell the computer it is going to be a server? I was told that
> a
> >> linux server is merely a linux desktop with different programs
> installed by
> >> default.   ???? Hmmmmm.... now that I think of it that doesn't make much
> >> sense. What programs do I need to install to make ubuntu 11.10 desktop
> into
> >> ubuntu 11.10 server?
> >>
> >> I just attempted to apt-get nfs but the shell is 'unable to locate' the
> >> package. Do I need to add a website to the repository list?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:56 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> or sshfs.  a lot more overhead, but runs in userspace.
> >>>
> >>> I usually use nfs for those things.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm gonna take the sadistic answer and say man NFS.
> >>>>
> >>>> :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> In all seriousness Linux to Linux its the way to go.
> >>>>
> >>>> Unless you want to learn rsync and simply have 2 copies of Your data
> >>>> which has a use also.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Dec 1, 2011 5:27 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> well, i got the new hard drives in and so now i have ubuntu on the
> >>>>> desktop and mint on the laptop. now i need direction! Could you
> point me to
> >>>>> a quick networking guide so I can work on files between the two
> computers
> >>>>> and print from either of them??
> >>>>>
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