[sclug] Network filesystems and printing

[Will Dickson]

ATM I have a heterogenous (W2K / linux) LAN which uses SMB / 
Samba for file and print sharing (was LPD, now CUPS). It all 
works pretty well - kudos to the Samba team, especially 
since their implementation of M$'s protokludge seems to be 
more reliable than M$'s :-)

Shortly I intend to ditch the W2K part, giving a linux-only 
network. (The W2K machine is going to become dual-boot, and 
it won't need to share while in W2K).

This gives me the opportunity to ditch the SMB compatibility 
protocol and move to a pure unix setup, eg using NFS and 
CUPS / IPP. OTOH I've heard some nasty things about NFS as well.

So, is this a good idea?

TIA

Will.