As a very interested user of UBUNTU, I found the ability to easily network Linux and Windows machines is absent. I have a LAN with 9 machines consisting of a mixture of UBUNTU Linux and Windows Vista / XP operating systems. I have found there is too much hand editing of configuration files such as NSSWITCH.CONF, SMB.CONF and others to make it worthwhile. I haven't found a good 'Wizard' that is foolproof and easy to use in setting up a combined network. There are also many programs that do very similar things. Instructions are often lacking, for instance, in the SAMBA setup; the reference to EVERYBODY.. is EVERYBODY allowed or is EVERYBODY blocked? Sharing of periphials is also a problem. The answers to questions such as these are not always easy to find. I believe a release that focuses on these problems is due. Which OS to use? Sorry to say, problems such as these has turned me off until a easy solution is at hand. At that time, I will use UBUNTU as a major OS.. It is just a plaything, a curiosity, for me now. You folks are doing a great job. I love the system save for the networking setup problem.
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