On Sunday 26 February 2006 14:07, Tim wrote: > > I found the ability to do browsing somewhat of a problem. Only some > things could do it. There'd always be some application that you'd want > to open a file with, but not be able to because the remote file wasn't > explicitly mounted onto the file system, but had been browsed to in one > of the few applications that supported SMB. > > If you're explictly mounting things (e.g. using /etc/fstab entries) then > the protocol becomes less important to you. However, I found NFS to be > quicker than SMB (for me, at least). > My main concerns are to provide an easy way to copy files onto the server for safe keeping, and to easily share files with the windows users, particularly since I often download files that can only be used with a windows box (not relevant, but it's computerised patterns for a sewing machine). I'll see how it performs over the next day or two, but that applet looks as though it will be perfect for the job. Anne
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