[ale] SuSE Linux successfully installed...now What?

[Geoffrey]

Michael Hartman wrote:

> Now I'm at a cross roads.  This computer is used by my wife primarily
> for email and spreadsheet functions.  I've got comcast for email.  I
> thought I had everything configured right, but I guess not.  One of
> the cool things of Outlook Express is that it leeches whatever's on
> the email network server, even if read by another program first.

What do you mean leeches?  You mean has access to multiple email boxes?

> 
> The other issue is getting all of her files that I've got on my
> laptop over to hers.  Is there a way to network oure computers
> together.  I've got a wireless home network working that my Linux
> laptop is using now too.  In the past I could go from computer to
> computer via mapping drives, etc in MS land.  How do I do this in
> Linux-ville?

There's a tool called Samba that will permit your Linux box and windows 
box to see each other.  It comes with SuSE and is likely already installed.

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