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So this week I set up my Linux box to be a Samba server; making it easier for me to do web development. Since I use Dreamweaver for my web development environment I have been itching to make use of the ability to use a development server to test your code and hacks. Setting up Samba on my Kubuntu box(Heavyarms) was a bit of a dance. Apparently just starting the Samba in Linux is not enough. You have to do a bit of configuring in both the Linux and XP environment, to get it to work correctly. Thank the computer gods for creating online documentation. Ubuntu’s How-To section of their forums is invaluable for the Linux user with a slow learning curve. After wrestling through Samba I had to set up Heavyarms as an intranet server as well. This allows me to view the by-product of my labors without having to type in the IP address of the server each time. Setting up Apache was pretty easy for my first time. So after loading PHP5 and MySQL I was ready to set up the DNS configuration to recognize http://heavyarms as my local intranet. Now with all working well I am able to test my web development with ease. I must say it really makes a difference when you can test before you go live. One of the best advantages is that I am able to design different Wordpress themes without having to use my live website for testing.