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matt attack Joined: Feb 09, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted Apr 30, 2009 at 2:20:30 PM Subject: media server applications hi everybody i have an old p4 running ubuntu, and a couple of laptops running vista. what i can't seem to find out is whether the storage on the server will appear as a drive on the windows computers. will programs like itunes/wmp/winamp etc be able to make playlists and stream the files remotely? also my home network uses a generic wireless modem/router, will i be able to give the linux pc local access only? -matt
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Apr 30, 2009 3:26:39 PM Subject: media server applications To share files on a network between linux and windows, look into Samba. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba : Beyond that I don't network with any windows machines, so I couldn't say. You may want to post on a more populated forum, such as www.linuxforums.org/forum
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