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

[Chuck Graf]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Wayne Dahl <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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,
>
> --
> Wayne Dahl
> No electrons were abused in any way by any Microsoft product in the
> creation or sending of this email.
> OS: Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on an HP DV9620US laptop
>
>
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What you want is SlimServer.  The software is terriffic.  I have used it to
listen to a friend's music collection streamed over the Internet.  They sell
a hardware device also that gives you a remote control and wireless
connection to your stereo, but the software will let any number of computers
access a media server running Liinux.


It is available here, for Ubuntu:
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html

Chuck