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   2   <title>Samba - opening windows to a wider world</title>
   3   <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.samba.org/samba/news.atom" type="application/atom+xml" title="Samba News">
   4 <!--#include virtual="/samba/global_menu_start.html" -->
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   6 <br />
   7 <br />
   8
   9 <!--<h1>Opening Windows</h1>
  10 <h2>to a Wider World</h2>-->
  11 <h3>About Samba</h3>
  12
  13 <p>
  14         <b>Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix.</b>
  15         </p>
  16 <p>
  17         Samba is <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html" target="_blank">Free Software</a> licensed under
  18         the <a href="/samba/docs/GPL.html">GNU General Public License</a>, the Samba project is a member
  19         of the <a href="https://www.sfconservancy.org/" target="_blank">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>.
  20 </p>
  21 <p>
  22         Since <a href="/samba/docs/10years.html">1992</a>, Samba has provided secure, stable and fast
  23         file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all versions of DOS
  24         and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.
  25 </p>
  26 <p>
  27         Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix Servers and Desktops
  28         into Active Directory environments. It can function both as a domain controller or as a
  29         regular domain member.
  30 </p>
  31 <!-- bottom boxes -->
  32 <div class="mainBox" id="mainBoxReleases">
  33         <h3>Releases</h3>
  34         <div class="mainBoxContent">
  35                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/box_releases.html" -->
  36         </div>
  37         <div class="mainBoxBottom"></div>
  38 </div>
  39 <div class="mainBox" id="mainBoxBeyondSamba">
  40         <h3>Beyond Samba</h3>
  41         <div class="mainBoxContent">
  42                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/box_beyond_samba.html" -->
  43         </div>
  44         <div class="mainBoxBottom"></div>
  45 </div>
  46 <div class="clearing"></div>
  47                                         </div>
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  50                                                 <div class="specialBox" id="specialBoxDonations">
  51                                                         <div class="specialBoxContent">
  52                                                                 <h4>Donations</h4>
  53                                                                 <br />
  54                                                                 <p>
  55                                                                         Nowadays, the Samba Team
  56                                                                         needs a
  57                                                                         <a href="//www.samba.org/samba/donations.html">dollar</a>
  58                                                                         instead of pizza ;-)
  59                                                                 </p>
  60                                                         </div>
  61                                                         <div class="specialBoxBottom"></div>
  62                                                 </div>
  63                                                 <div class="specialBox" id="specialBoxNews">
  64                                                         <div class="specialBoxContent">
  65                                                                 <h4>Latest News</h4>
  66
  67                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/generated_news/latest_2_bodies.html" -->
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  69
  70                                                                 <p id="furtherNews">
  71                                                                         <a href="/samba/latest_news.html">Further News &gt;&gt;</a>
  72                                                                         <a href="/samba/news.atom"><img align="right" src="/samba/rss_small.png" alt="RSS-Feed"></a>
  73                                                                 </p>
  74                                                         </div>
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  76                                                 </div>
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  80                                                                 <h4>International Sites</h4>
  81
  82                                                             <p>
  83                                                                 <span class="label">Deutsch:</span><a href="http://samba.sernet.de/" target="_blank">samba.sernet.de</a>
  84                                                                 </p>
  85                                                         </div>
  86                                                         <div class="specialBoxBottom"></div>
  87                                                 </div>
  88                                                 -->
  89                                                 <div class="specialBox" id="specialBoxRelated">
  90                                                         <div class="specialBoxContent">
  91                                                                 <h4>Related Sites</h4>
  92
  93                                                             <ul>
  94                                                                         <li><a href="https://cwrap.org/">cwrap.org</a></li>
  95                                                                 <li><a href="//linux-cifs.samba.org/">linux-cifs.samba.org</a></li>
  96                                                                 <li><a href="//talloc.samba.org/">talloc.samba.org</a></li>
  97                                                                 <li><a href="//tevent.samba.org/">tevent.samba.org</a></li>
  98                                                                 <li><a href="//tdb.samba.org/">tdb.samba.org</a></li>
  99                                                                 <li><a href="//ldb.samba.org/">ldb.samba.org</a></li>
 100                                                                 <li><a href="//rsync.samba.org/">rsync.samba.org</a></li>
 101                                                                 <li><a href="//ccache.samba.org/">ccache.samba.org</a></li>
 102                                                                 <li><a href="//ctdb.samba.org/">ctdb.samba.org</a></li>
 103                                                                 <li><a href="//ppp.samba.org/">ppp.samba.org</a></li>
 104                                                                 </ul>
 105                                                         </div>
 106                                                         <div class="specialBoxBottom"></div>
 107                                                 </div>
 108                                         </div>
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 111                                                 <div id="sitemapContent">
 112                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 113                                                                 <h5>Think Samba</h5>
 114                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_think_samba_raw.html" -->
 115                                                         </div>
 116                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 117                                                                 <h5>Get Samba</h5>
 118                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_get_samba_raw.html" -->
 119                                                         </div>
 120                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 121                                                                 <h5>Learn Samba</h5>
 122                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_learn_samba_raw.html" -->
 123                                                         </div>
 124                                                         <div class="clearing"></div>
 125
 126                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 127                                                                 <h5>Talk Samba</h5>
 128                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_talk_samba_raw.html" -->
 129                                                         </div>
 130                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 131                                                                 <h5>Hack Samba</h5>
 132                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_hack_samba_raw.html" -->
 133                                                         </div>
 134                                                         <div class="sitemapList">
 135                                                                 <h5>Contact Samba</h5>
 136                                                                 <!--#include virtual="/samba/menu_contact_samba_raw.html" -->
 137                                                         </div>
 138                                                         <div class="clearing"></div>
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