Ubuntu 10.10 Local FTP Mounting and Writing

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Hello, I set up a custom built computer running Ubuntu. All is good, I fixed some problems I had such as CPU overheating and no wireless. Now, I want to backup to a drive I have attached to another computer on the same LAN. I've managed to do those on Mac OS X Snow Leopard quite easily.
Here is the problem I have when try to do it on Ubuntu:
- When I try to activate the "Share public files on network" checkbox in Personal File Sharing Preferences, it says that the feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system. What are the packages I need for that?
If there are multiple packages, what one is the easiest to use and the most straight forward. I know apt-get and most UNIX stuff, so that's not a problem. I don't need anything complex, either. It doesn't need to be too secure. Also, what is a good backup program for Ubuntu?
The computer doesn't seem to be appearing on the LAN according to my other computers. It is connected to the same network, though.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Sorry I can't be more specific to your other questions...

rsync, operated on a schedule set by cron.

I had thought that the first time you right-click on a folder in Nautilus file browser, select Properties, Share and enable sharing, the system would automatically prompt you to install the necessary parts of Samba file sharing. Samba, smbfs and smbclient seem to be the main ones and should install anything else you need.

You will probably not see your Linux system on the network until you have shared at least one folder or service. There might be something else, like Avahi, that is needed to reveal a system on the network. The IP address will always work, and servername.local sometimes works when nothing else does.