Canonical decided to drop support for 32-bit computers,
so they stopped releasing 32-bit ISOs since Ubuntu 18.04
If you still have an old laptop i686 then maybe its last use will be to work as a NAS (network attached Storage) in a LAN ...
It is time to setup a Samba server, before all repositories are wiped out.
First
$ sudo apt-get install samba smbfs -y
to get the packages
Then
$ cd /etc/samba
$ sudo su
# cp smb.conf smb_original.bkp
# vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Making a bakcup copy of the original smb.conf file is good practice
This should be the content of the smb.conf file
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
I will call my shared folder 'smbshazam' but this is of course completely up to you to choose a different name (shared, or smbshar, or whatever is you prefer)
Create the share folder: sudo mkdir -p /home/smbshazam
Set the permissions: sudo chmod 0777 /home/smbshazam
# shazam share
[MyShare]
comment = whatever comment you want there
path = /home/smbshazam
read only = no
guest ok = yes
That was step 2 on the ubuntu linux server machine setup
Restart samba. type:
$ /etc/init.d/smbd restart
$ systemctl status smbd
you are all set in ubuntu
(an additional step could be to test the Samba configuration using 'testparm')
A more advanced configuration setup could be found at https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ubuntu-samba
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