Sometimes a good GUI can make a server even easier. Jack Wallen shows you how to install the GNOME Desktop Environment on Ubuntu Server, and why this might be a good idea.

Is it simple to just install LAMP on Ubuntu Desktop or should I just grow a pair and learn how to use Ubuntu Server?

Enter Copyparty, a one-file, one-language file server that's installed in seconds, and gives you local access to the device it's installed on from any device with a web browser on your home network.

I found some examples for Ubuntu 9 and 11.04, but it looks like they changed the auth methods and the guides don't result in a working WebDAV server. Thanks!

Sharing files between Ubuntu and Windows or Mac systems can be done, but setting it up, until recently, wasn't quite simple. But Ubuntu's come a long way, and you can now get along without ...