[NTLUG:Discuss] Good tutorial for connecting Linux boxen?

[Wayne Dahl]

Hi all,

I've googled for this, but there is such an information overload out 
there, I'm kind of at a loss where to go.  I've tried a couple of 
things, such as using Krdc and Krfb to connect my laptop to my desktop 
machine, but I was unable to get that to work.  One of the things I want 
to accomplish is accessing my vast music library on my desktop with my 
laptop, with the ability to copy music over to my laptop or just use the 
desktop as a streaming client to my laptop. 

I know the easier of the two would be to copy music over.  I want to 
achieve that first, figuring out how to access the music by streaming 
later.  I also want to use the native linux methods for doing this as I 
have NEVER been able to get Samba to work with my wife's Windows box for 
some reason and can't see why I should use a Windows workaround to 
network two linux computers.  I'd much rather use a native linux 
networking environment.

Here's the current scenario.  Both computers are behind a Smoothwall 
firewall using DHCP to dole out IP addresses to the client computers.  I 
don't even care about Internet access at this point (I already have 
that) and I don't care about trying to access either computer from 
outside the firewall.  I just want to be able to network the two 
computers behind the firewall, in a peer-to-peer sort of way.  I'm open 
to anything though.

Basically, I'm looking at using the desktop as a file server to the 
laptop (and later, my wifes Windows XP SP2 box).  Can someone point me 
to a really good tutorial on how to set it up?  I know it's weird that 
there is SO much information on the net, but it's hard to know which is 
best to use.

Laptop is running Kubuntu 8.04, KDE 3.5.10
Desktop is running Kubuntu 7.04 KDE 3.5.6

Thanks,

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Wayne Dahl
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OS: Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on an HP DV9620US laptop