Take the 2-minute tour ×  We have two computers at home - one
Windows XP, one Ubuntu Linux.  What's the easiest way to let
them share files and a printer?  (Specifically, I've got XP SP3
and Ubuntu 9.04.)  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up
vote 10 down vote accepted  To share files and printers on your
Ubuntu box, setting up Samba would be my best suggestion.
There's a good explanation and tutorial here.  From the
documentation:  The Samba project was started in 1992 by Andrew
Tridgell. Samba is a set of tools to share files and printers
with computers running Microsoft Windows. It implements the SMB
network protocol, which is the heart of Windows networking.  To
share files from your Windows box, you'll want to set up the
client version of Samba, smbfs.  For the printer, if it is on
the Ubuntu box, it's probably just easier to configure CUPS to
make it available on the network. If it's on the Windows, box,
you should be able to add the printer without too much trouble.
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