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   J.O. Aho to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: Linux Recommendation   
   18 Dec 25 16:39:48   
   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   On 18/12/2025 15.54, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   maybe you don't have gvfs-smb installed, not sure what the package may   
   be named in other distros   
      
   --   
     //Aho   
      
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