networking ?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Dennis wrote:
> I would like to access files on my Desktop from my laptop.    Can anyone
> explain how I can do this or to a site that will explain this in simple
> detail.

See
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/nfs-server-and-client-configuration-in-ubuntu.html
for a full command-line tutorial.  However, you can probably just
install the packages they say (using Synaptic if you want) and do the
rest by GUI.

Matt Flaschen