Comments on: HOWTO: Access Windows machines by their names on Eee PC http://inspirated.com/2009/03/09/howto-access-windows-machines-by-their-names-on-eee-pc krkhan's blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ali Zeeshan Ijaz http://inspirated.com/2009/03/09/howto-access-windows-machines-by-their-names-on-eee-pc/comment-page-1#comment-29525 Ali Zeeshan Ijaz Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:22:44 +0000 http://www.inspirated.com/wordpress/?p=199#comment-29525 Good article.. though installing samba and associated software are (in my opinion) a must when u are in a mixed (windows + linux) environment.. few ppl know that in certain benchmarks, samba outperforms windows server.. secondly.. more often linux users think about connecting remotely to windows based systems, which can be easily done by rdesktop package (this helps when u have a low end linux system with few resources).. or conversely, if someone wants to connect to a linux system (graphically), he/she can install VNC on the linux machine (or use a X client) for such purposes. to summarize: windows based sharing : samba windows remote desktop: rdesktop linux remote desktop: VNC or X Client just my 2 cents Good article.. though installing samba and associated software are (in my opinion) a must when u are in a mixed (windows + linux) environment.. few ppl know that in certain benchmarks, samba outperforms windows server..
secondly.. more often linux users think about connecting remotely to windows based systems, which can be easily done by rdesktop package (this helps when u have a low end linux system with few resources).. or conversely, if someone wants to connect to a linux system (graphically), he/she can install VNC on the linux machine (or use a X client) for such purposes.
to summarize:

windows based sharing : samba
windows remote desktop: rdesktop
linux remote desktop: VNC or X Client

just my 2 cents

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