On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:36:38PM +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: > This is a desktop machine, it should permit sharing of files on your > local network. DNS servers have their port 53 open to respond to name > resolution queries, just consider your desktop installation to be a > name server responding to stuff such as "what services are available", > "what shares are available" etc.
/me looks doumbfounded Excuse me? Since when does a typical desktop machine provide users to share *music* on a local network? (Don't tergiverse the fact that ahdavi is used, in rythmbox, to share music, not files) And for the same thing, why would a typical desktop machine provide users to share even files! My desktop system at home (and my parent's and my uncle's and whatnot) are completely stand-alone desktop systems, connected to the Internet, with no LAN. They only need to talk to their (serial or USB connected) printer, that's all! I'm surprised that the over-bloat of Windows' desktop is now considered to be the good way of doing things. :-( Javier
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