[botmeister]

Has anyone tried using Linux as a file sharing server for Windows desktops?

I wonder how reliable it is, what are the problems if any, and what the performance is like compared to using a Windows server. In short, should I consider doing such a thing or not?

I have a nice fault tolerant server that does nothing but file serving and acts as a Windows terminal server on occasion. What I'm thinking of doing, is installing Linux on this server, and using one of my desktop machines for terminal server sessions. All the windows desktops would use the Linux server for file serving. That way I'd be making the most out of the best machine I have because most of my apps will be moved from Windows over to Linux.