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   Jeff Gaines to All   
   Re: Linux Recommendation   
   19 Dec 25 09:00:25   
   
   From: jgnewsid@outlook.com   
      
   On 19/12/2025 in message <10i2fd9$sel5$1@dont-email.me> Lawrence   
   DOliveiro wrote:   
      
   >On 18 Dec 2025 15:36:18 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:   
   >   
   >>Not complicated once I twigged that when in Linux file manager (of   
   >>whatever flavour) when trying to browse a network it puts SMB:\\\ in the   
   >>title bar, no idea why but as soon as I remember to remove the surplus "\"   
   >>it works fine :-)   
   >   
   >Ah, another case of DOSlexia -- putting “\” where you mean “/” ...   
      
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