If you have a home server or just a box that is left on most of the time, you may want to add an external drive and share the contents over the network.
This post is written for Lubuntu using an attached memory stick, but you should be able to follow this procedure for other Linux distros.
Lubuntu is a light-weight Linux distro, so you may find there are packages missing which are required for proper network operation. Consequently, I suggest you set your Lubuntu box for networking using the method I've detailed here.
