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Just waiting for two of my pc's to come home, transferred from XP to UBUNTU. I know nothing about Linux but I need to know if my HP LaserJet 1000, printer will work with Ubuntu?
You mount Windows shares with cifs, should be built into most Linux distributions and is very easy to use
You share files with Windows boxes with Samba, should be available for most Linux distributions and can be a PITA to set up
sudo apt-get update # This updates your package repositories sudo apt-get upgrade # This part is optional, but should be done at your convenience sudo apt-get install package name # replace package name with the actual pack name to be installed.
sudo apt-cache search package name # This command will search for a given package
Note: If you're not comfortable wit the command line, ubuntu also has a GUI package manager.
Ubuntu supports printer sharing over networks, so you can print from your Ubuntu machine, your Windows machine, etc, to another Ubuntu or Windows machine that has a printer attached (ie a "Ubuntu print server" or "Windows print server").
Just waiting for two of my pc's to come home, transferred from XP to UBUNTU. I know nothing about Linux but I need to know if my HP LaserJet 1000, printer will work with Ubuntu?
If you want to configure Samba the old-fashioned way, Samba by Example is an excellent reference. Any changes in Samba 4 will likely have no bearing whatsoever on what you are trying to do.
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