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   Carlos E.R. to vallor   
   Re: Linux Recommendation   
   18 Dec 25 15:54:31   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-18 15:05, vallor wrote:   
   > At 18 Dec 2025 09:11:41 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I ran into my Linux bete-noir in trying to connect to the Network to   
   >> copy my books over, I need a file manager that shows Windows shares   
   >> instead of torturing my poor old brain into remembering the magic   
   >> incantation :-)   
   >   
   > Thunar has a "Network" tab that seems to work fine:   
   >   
   >     https://ibb.co/r2ZvyfMw   
      
   On my setup it only shows one laptop, and there are two powered up since   
   some days, plus a 24*7 miniserver with active nfs shares. None of those   
   are seen by Thunar.   
      
   There is also an icon for "Windows network" which does nothing when   
   clicked, probably because the samba service errors out on boot. There is   
   a Windows 11 on a VM in this same machine.   
      
   So, it works when it works.   
      
   >   
   > It shows two entries for "DT", my Synology Diskstation.  The   
   > first is the SMB share, because when I double-click on it   
   > the authentication dialog includes a "Domain" of "WORKGROUP".   
   >   
   > The second is either NFS or AFP, I can't tell.  (The   
   > "mount" isn't a system mount -- it uses gvfsd.)   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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