hey linux users,,what if someone with ms windows wants to share files with you?

Question

linux sounds great but it seems like it more for your own use? what if someone wants to email you using ms word doc? or trying to file share from work place that uses microsoft products? would linux based systems read all that?

Answer 1

Sharing documents has absolutely nothing to do with the operating system, and 100% to do with whether the recipient has a program installed that can read/write the documents you provide. It's not like the 1's and 0's of Windows-based data are any different from the 1's and 0's of Linux-based data.



Someone on Linux who doesn't have a program installed to read Word documents is as disadvantaged as someone with Windows or Mac OS X without a program to read/write them.



It's a good thing, then, that there are at least 3 options available to a Linux user to read documents created with Windows programs:

1) Dual boot. Run Linux normally, but boot into Windows when needed

2) Emulate Windows. Use a virtual machine or compatibility layer like WINE to run the Windows software on a Windows layer from within Linux.

3) Use a Linux program. Find a Linux-compatible program that can use the documents provided. In the case of MS OFfice documents specifically, Open Office can read/write pretty much any file format that MS Office can (not 100% compatible, but close enough for most cases).

Answer 2

Most Linux users use Open Office to handle MS Office docs. It works pretty well.



A Linux user uses a Samba client to access shared resources on a MS network. A Linux system hosting files needed by Windows users would typically run a Samba server to make it easy for Windows users to access the files. There are also any number of NFS clients for Windows that will enable Windows users to access resources on a Linux (or any other *nix) system.

Answer 3

Windows "File and Printer sharing" IS "SMB", which is what linux uses to share files (one method, anyway).

Microsoft took this technology and applied it to Windows, so they talk the same thing. Both also have NFS, which can easily talk to each other.



Open Office (free) will open practically any MS Office document.



Remember, Microsoft stole most of if it's "technology" from *nix operating systems. I have a network of over 9 computers, with 20 of them Linux, they have no issues talking to each other whatsoever, and as a matter of fact, many of the Linux systems mount Windows smb shares as part of it's "local" file system.

Answer 4

Before I switched to Linux I had XP and I would file share with my linux using friend all the time. M$ word docs can be opened just fine in Open Office.





@Dual booter: You should set up a fat format partition for file sharing (I have my mp3's on there) and you can mount your windows partition in Linux (but only as read only)

Answer 5

Yes it will, Doc files are mostly common format & can be read.

Actually if you have open office you can read any doc file.



You should look in your repository or download it from openoffice.com



depending on what Linux you install its automatically installed for you or gives you that option upon install..



Forgot to mention using SMB to allow file sharing between Linux & Xp systems. Uumm make sure you use root login to set it up or it will fail at setting up the SMB..

Answer 6

you need to use domicile windows to repeat information between computers that are linked to the comparable community. If the two computers are actually not linked to the comparable community, you will not have the skill to stick to those steps and could could reproduction information making use of a few sort of detachable media which would be study by the two computers. you may know the call of the laptop the place you go with to repeat the information. in case you do not know this call, ask somebody who makes use of that laptop, or flow to the different laptop your self and look it up (in case you go with them, the stairs for looking up a working laptop or laptop call are presented interior the notes area later in this help subject matter). on the laptop that is composed of the information you go with to repeat, click the beginning up button . interior the seek container, style 2 backslashes () observed by the call of the laptop to which you go with to repeat the information (as an occasion, mylaptop), after which press enter. Open the folder on the different laptop the place you go with to repeat the information or folders. Open the area in this laptop that is composed of the record or folder you go with to repeat. Drag the record or folder you go with to repeat to the area on the different laptop. Notes in case you're having hardship gaining access to the different laptop or viewing folders on it, you won't have appropriate sharing permissions. in case you are able to desire to be sure the call of your person laptop, stick to those steps: open device. look for the call of your laptop below laptop call, area, and workgroup settings. because you're making use of vista, open your help and help and style this "reproduction information to a distinctive laptop"

Answer 7

I couldn't even share files with myself, on a dual boot computer, so i would say no.