We had a good meeting with about 10 in attendance, some good discussion as Clint presented both Xubuntu and Ubuntu running on laptops where he demonstrated seveal ease of use features and programs. We did continue the discussion started this last Saturday at the Ubuntu 9.04 meeting with a review of some of the tips presented as well as more in depth on configuring and using the Ubuntu Desktop system. Several CD's were handed out at the end of the meeting. Distrowatch.com is featuring an article this week installing a minimal the Xubuntu XFCE desktop as well as optimizations you can make using the Alternate CD. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090504#feature. Clint commented on the Distrowatch Minimal install but cautioned that you will do quite a bit of package installing and never get to what is available in the Desktop install of Xubuntu but what you will have will run faster. Some Resources that you can take a look at prior to the meeting on installing the "Perfect" Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop which will also be discussed and demonstrated at our Thursday meeting. http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=2009_04_useful_ubuntu_guide_j.... This was my first stop in configuring my laptop with Ubuntu 9.04. http://maketecheasier.com/9-things-you-need-to-doinstall-after-installin.... Great information! http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-9.04. The Perfect Desktop. IPV6 Disable http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-disable-ipv6-in-ubuntu.html https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/68657 IE6 Installs http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-internet-explorer-on-ubuntu8.04 http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_internet_explorer_p2 SMB Stuff On the Linux system, its relatively simple: Make the directory you want to mount the share to. mkdir share (assuming current directory is /home/[username] where you have rights) Next either... Mount the share with user/pass: smbmount //[ipaddress]/[share name] /home/ctinsley/share -o username=tinslecl,password=pass,rw Or mount the share without a user/pass (this is true if Everyone is still set) smbmount //winpc/shared /mnt/share -o rw smbclient -L [ipaddress] -U myuser Password: In closing, Clint mentioned the new independent magazine for the Ubuntu Community which can be found online at Full Circle Magazine - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ Downable in PDF form.