Problem:
Easily integrating your Linux host into a Windows environment ...
Solution:
This solution allows one to very easily navigate any number of windows/samba servers and shares with any file management application (and from the shell).
Having a digital ISDN telephone connection lets you easily integrate Fax and Answering Machine functionality into your Linux server. SuSE (and Debian) distribute a package called Capisuite for this purpose. You will also need a supported ISDN card (an AVM Fritz card is inexpensive and works).