I find it really frustrating when people send me links to samba shares while I'm on linux. I know some file browsers think they support copy/pasting smb links into the location bar but in practice it just doesn't work. Nautilus just says "Oops! Something went wrong". Dolphin correctly reformats the link and asks for a password but always fails with access denied.
The reliable way is to mount them:
But hontestly, I cbf rewriting all the \ to / 🤦, creating a temporary mount point, entering the password, then opening a file browser at that location etc. People on windows can just click on the link and it opens. How can I get the same level of convenience on linux?
I'm running kubuntu but will happily take all suggestions.
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If you open the "files" application, and click "other locations" at the bottom of the menu on the left, you will get a menu where you can enter a server address and connect to samba servers.
I use this feature to connect to my file servers at home.
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