[Openurmind]

“I’ve been wanting to do this for years but every time I try the Samba thing, I end up giving up. Linux/Ubuntu networking sucks for most of us due to not having a GUI. Gotta type in commands, edit config files etc.”

Linux Mint 18.3 and above has a “network manager” included and it is all GUI. Just hot plug the ether cable or USB to the other PC or network and it will see it. Add it, fill in the details, and set permissions. All GUI.

[ducttape45]

Thanks for all of the input. I had to install Mint 18.3 before anything worked. A lot of thing didn't worked in 19.2; Samba and the printer being chief amongst the offenders.

When I installed 18.3, I had a network already in place, I could see my Windows network, networked PCs, the extra hard drive plugged into my router, everything. When I installed the printer driver, the thing actually printed!

So I don't know what it is about 19.2 that broke Mint, but I wouldn't recommend ANYONE use it until someone gets the kinks ironed out.

Again, thanks for all the input, and if anyone knows where the regular text editor is (something similar to Notepad), and how I can configure my multiple monitor setup to give me different backgrounds, I'm all ears.