Samba shares on Xubuntu

Googling I found some tips to browse smb shares. First I configured "shared folders" on the Applications->System menu. The first time I run the configuration software, it asked to me to install all necessary NFS ans SMB software. It also installed the smb client.

Type smbclient -L -serveripaddress and now you can see what folders are shared. Then you can mount the desired folder with:

sudo smbmount //serveripaddress/folder localfolder -o username=youruser,password=yourpassword ,uid=1000,mask=000

There is, also, a small graphic soft to browse smb networks: pyneighborhood. It's a GTK2 application that runs very well. It can be installed from the Synaptic package manager.

More infomation on this thread at the Ubuntu forums.

Now I'm a Xubuntu user

The last week I was testing the last releases of Solaris, OpenSolaris and SXCE (snv_103) on my laptop, but I had the same problem with the ACPI driver than before. This is a major problem because with no wireless connection and with a difficult Ethernet setup is update to anew release is a pain.

Then I decided to return to Linux but I decided to change from Fedora to a clean and fast solution. The distribution is XUBUNTU and, really, I'm very impressed: It's very fast and stable, has a good package manager and I can do everything I need for now except browse smb shares. I installed the samba client but I need some software to browse shares and I don't want to install Gnome or KDE file managers.

I will take a look this weekend.

OpenSolaris 2008.11 is here

Yes!!! If the last Solaris revision was out on november, the new release is available for download now from the opensolaris.com page.If you want a printed CD there is a free CD order page.
I'm downloading now and I will try this night !!!!!