Please see imbedded answers . . .
--- In [email protected], Devlin <devlinsmail...@...> wrote: > > For one your using an at least 9 year old version of Linux (I know since > in 2000 I was running Mandrake 7.2) so of course it's not going to have > the ease of use that a current installation of Linux or Windows OS would > have. > > I recommend installing a more current Linux distro. It's hard to > recommend one since you don't mention processor speed, hard drive > capacity, or amount of system (RAM) memory. > > You also don't mention what you are trying to accomplish. I think your > mistaken that Windows networks don't require servers it just depends on > what it is your doing. Microsoft has it's own server for home use called > "Windows Home Server" it runs around $180.oo USD. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver Sorry, but the original question was more accurate than this response. You do not have to set up any kind of server with a Windows network. You can simply set up a "workgroup" then connect the computer to a router. > > It all depends on what kind of networking you are hoping to do on either > OS. Some require setting up servers, others do not.... > > ~Devlin ><snip> > > > > > > I have Mandrake version 7.something more or less on an old pentium II. > > That has to be because Mandrake is free and so is the machine. I am > > not in the rat race$ > > I want to network (as in ethernet hard wired) the mandrake machines > > with as little effort as Windows networks. And with Windows that means > > no server. No downloaded or installed software. Just look in "my > > network folders" and see the KDE desktop. Why is this such an > > outstanding Linux failure? > I have no idea the state of Linux or Samba in 2000 if that is in fact the age of your distro. You almost certainly will want to move forward in time if you can. There are small light distros that might work on your hardware. You can hook up your Linux box on a windows network using Samba. Frankly, with almost every distro I have installed, setting up Samba to work with the Windows network was simple. So simple, I don't even remember the steps to set everything up. I set up Linux Mint this weekend on my laptop and I cannot tell you the steps I used to set it up. It just worked. In other words, this is in no way a failurein Linux. Please give us some idea of your hardware and let us try to lead you the right way. Loyal ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
