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   Paul to All   
   Re: Linux Recommendation   
   19 Dec 25 00:49:47   
   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 12/18/2025 10:05 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro 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 “/” ...   
   >   
      
      explorer.exe  \\wallace\shared   
      
      nemo     smb://wallace/shared   
      thunar   smb://wallace/shared   
      nautilus smb://wallace/shared   
      
     Paul   
      
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