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DeathByDigital
January 29th, 2011, 01:09 AM
Hello there.

I just installed Kbuntu 10.10 on one computer, and Ubuntu 10.10 on this computer.
So you might say im done with 22 years of windows....
(before windows it was dos, and barely remember making my own autoexec.bat files)
Guessing im up for a pretty painfull transition, since my a$s have grown stuck in windows.

but ive just barely managed to install new software on these two computers, and im struggeling with a old Accer Laptop.
Reason why i installed Ubuntu and Kubuntu, was that one computer didnt like ubuntu install cd, and the other computer didnt like kubuntu...

What ive seen so far, is that i like the ease of Widgets and the look of Kubuntu, but Ubuntu seems more "firm" and less playfull, but easier to find stuff.

seems like moust things work right out of the box...
(and thats good news for me)
Trying as best i can to read guides for different stuff,
but im so new to this (24 hours) i cant even find where im supposed to write commands.

Searching for stuff usually gives answers for other distros, or are for ppl who have spendt more than ONE day in linuxword.
(again, i just found my terminal where i can write commands) (erm..i think)

Since i have ubuntu on one computer, and kubuntu on another, and only think ive got running on my old Accer 3000, is suse, i need some BASIC help.
How do i easiest set up a LAN for these 3 computers? with different distros?
Primary, i have usb discs on both stationary computers, that i want accesss from the others. (music on one, and pictures on the other)

Also i have a squeezebox that only finds floppt and floppy0 under media.
im shure i have mounted the disc i have my mp3 collection on.
(probably just a small detail for some of you, but ive never seen this stuff before, and dont know what button to push)

So if someone have good guides for setting up network id be glad.
Have a Wireless network, connected to a ADSL router.
And some good guides for the basic where and what.

dunno if i posted at the correct place, but there you got both hello, who i am, and my first question.

ikt
January 29th, 2011, 01:14 AM
Welcome :)


Trying as best i can to read guides for different stuff, and i cant even find where im supposed to write commands.



https://help.ubuntu.com/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

The wiki is probably the single best resource for information, there is literally tons of stuff in it to cover as much as possible, and there are teams setup to continue to improve and add to it.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ <




Since i have ubuntu on one computer, and kubuntu on another, and only think ive got running on my old Accer 3000, is suse, i need some BASIC help.
How do i easiest set up a LAN for these 3 computers? with different distros?

Samba will work on all of them seamlessly, very similar to windows in that heading to places > network should show up all the computers linked via lan and sharing folders.

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/networking-shares.html

DeathByDigital
January 29th, 2011, 01:20 AM
thanx alot for quick answer.
Ive seen samba on at least one of the computers...
So now i can just walk that path and read guide on that one...
(did see alot of different ways, and network options different places, so not shure what to search for, or where to look)
so that helped alot.

lindsay7
January 29th, 2011, 04:09 AM
Look at this


http://my.opera.com/ubuntunerd1/blog/share-files-between-two-ubuntu-computers-via-ssh

I8NY
January 29th, 2011, 04:17 AM
google is always your friend in time of trouble :wink: that is how i started out, (slow but steady) just google search anything and it will answer most of it.

Scunnered
January 29th, 2011, 10:04 AM
You may find this of assistance. This is set specifically to search within Ubuntu.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/

I find this narrows the search