CUDA programming requires the latest nvidia drivers. Manually installing the drivers from the nvidia website causes headaches after a kernel upgrade.
The swat-x PPA provides the latest versions of x.org drivers. These are stable drivers, not bleeding edge.
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
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Install nfs-server
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
Edit /etc/exports to add share
/srv/homes hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
Export share
sudo exportfs -a
Install smb client
sudo apt-get install smbfs smbclient
Mount
sudo mount -t cifs //server/Share /mnt/Share -o iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777
To upgrade ubuntu off line or to reduce the amount of duplicate data downloaded when upgrading multiple ubuntu machines download the alternate install cd iso, mount it and do the upgrade as if you'd burnt the cd
Download alt cd iso http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/11.04 ...