Essentially new, have a Samba question
I've been using Ubuntu for a few months, but still I'm essentially new. I'm not a programmer at all, just someone who got tired of Windows constantly effing up even though I ran frequent virus scans and stuff.
I like Ubuntu very much, so far... but one problem I have is my laptop (which dual boots Windows/Ubuntu) can't network with my desktop PC (which runs Windows 7) when it's on the Ubuntu side. I tried, at first, installing the packages that it said were missing. I tried many times, and they refused to install. That was about a month ago.
Today, being unable to remember what it wanted me to install, I looked it up on Google and recognized Samba as one of the things it wanted me to install. So I followed the directions and managed to get it to install. And now I'm stuck. I don't know how to use Samba, I don't remember the other thing it wanted me to install, and the instructions for what to do with Samba might as well be in Greek for all the sense I can get out of them.
So, I need someone to point me at (or provide me with) what to do, that's written for the everyday person. Samba for dummies, I guess you could say.
Thanks in advance!
I like Ubuntu very much, so far... but one problem I have is my laptop (which dual boots Windows/Ubuntu) can't network with my desktop PC (which runs Windows 7) when it's on the Ubuntu side. I tried, at first, installing the packages that it said were missing. I tried many times, and they refused to install. That was about a month ago.
Today, being unable to remember what it wanted me to install, I looked it up on Google and recognized Samba as one of the things it wanted me to install. So I followed the directions and managed to get it to install. And now I'm stuck. I don't know how to use Samba, I don't remember the other thing it wanted me to install, and the instructions for what to do with Samba might as well be in Greek for all the sense I can get out of them.
So, I need someone to point me at (or provide me with) what to do, that's written for the everyday person. Samba for dummies, I guess you could say.
Thanks in advance!