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