Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ubuntu is good but why not get a Mac? On Jul 11, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Mark Pope wrote: > I use Ubuntu. I have tried a couple of other distributions, mainly > Mandriva and two flavours of Suse Linux. I didn't like the package > management under Suse and in the end, it drove me completely > crackers, so I changed to Ubuntu. > > I recommend a book called 'The Linux Cookbook' by Carla Schoeder, > published by O'Rielly. Amongst many other things, it covers Samba > in quite a lot of detail, though for many I suspect a simple > anonymous file server is all that's needed for most people. > > As its title suggests, the book is organised as a series of recipes > and is very easy to follow. > > I can supply some details on how to configure this if anyone is > interested. Just PM me. > > Cheers > > Mark > > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog > Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php? > gallery=paw/2009 > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php? > gallery=paw/2008 > > > R. Clayton McKee wrote: >> Quoth the Jeff Moore : >>> 2009-07-11-05:06:30 Charlie Meyer: >>>> BTW, anyone have suggestions for which Linux flavor is best for >>> AMD >>>> based laptops? >>> I've recently revisited the question of whose Linux packaging to >>> install, Ubuntu has come back out on top. I just installed 64- >>> bit Ubuntu >>> 9.04 on a little server, and am pleased to report that 64-bit >>> Linux seems to >>> be mainstream and no particular trouble now. >> I have Ubuntu 9.04 "on a stick" on both my AMD64 HP laptop and my >> Atom netboook, for the rare occasions when I need Linux in the >> field for some reason, and it seems to work fine on both. I >> didn't much care for the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, the desktop had >> been changed and a bunch of things weren't the way I wanted them, >> but getting Ubuntu to install on a USB drive was easy.... >> My current PITA is getting my new machine, running 9.04-64 desktop >> (powering my scanners and, eventually, holding the photo library) >> to interface with my existing XP network. Networking was never my >> long suit, and getting Samba configured is apparently a bit more >> complex than it looks. I'll get it pummeled into submission one >> of these days, however. >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information