This article shows how to run a file- and print-server for small and medium enterprises (SME) on one single Ubuntu 8.04 server. It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the command line. eBox was developed to administrate advanced services for corporate networks.
This is a detailed description about the steps to set up a Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 5.10 - Breezy Badger) to act as file- and print server for Windows (tm) workstations in small workgroups.
Have that family computer laying around just gathering dust? You hate to throw perfectly good hardware away, and so you toss it aside and say "I will figure something out to do with it eventually". Well, here are a few ideas I have had in similar situ
You see, you can take pretty much any old PC you've got lying around and turn it into a file server with Linux and Samba. Oh, and you can also use it as a router, home gateway, firewall, whatever.