The open-source development team releases an update to its Samba software for connecting Windows desktop PCs with Linux or Unix servers. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Programmers release a major update to the software that lets Linux computers mimic Windows machines, encroaching further onto Microsoft's turf. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Last week we dug into the Samba system and suggested that you download a copy so we could set it up. Given the number of possible server operating systems that Samba is available on, we’re going to ...

We’ve been discussing Samba, the open source freeware implementation of the Server Message Block protocol, and last week we established a NetBIOS session between a client and a Samba server. Now we ...