NFS vs SAMBA

[Rudi von Staden]

Hi,

I have a fairly mixed 'play' network, with a linux network server
connected to an XP file / backup server, several Windows laptops, and
then my Ubuntu machine. Samba is set up quite nicely, and I'm
wondering if there would be any advantage to me connecting to the
Linux server with NFS rather than Samba (other than as a learning
experience). Are there significant performance / functionality
differences?

Thanks,
Rudi