good ubuntu starter links and books
Setting Up Samba https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba
Share files using Samba http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Share_files_using_Samba
Unofficial Ubuntu Guide http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy
* Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks: A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook by Rickford Grant
* Moving to Ubuntu Linux by Marcel Gagné