Am Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:54:05 -0400 schrieb jim:
>
> This is what I would like.... With my XP Pro laptop, connecting to a
> wireless network and browsing shared folders was as easy as clicking
> "Connect to network" slecting the wireless network and clicking
> "Connect". If there was a required key or password, Windows asked for
> it. You supply the info and Windows simply connects to the network.
>
> You can then open Windows Explorer and browse any shared folders that
> are not password protected.
>
> This is BASIC functionality that ALL Windows users NEED. What the hell
> is this samba configuration crap?
>
> I must be missing something here.
>
> PLEASE tell me I am missing something here and that connecting to a
> network and browsing shared folders really IS just as easy in Linux as
> in Windows.

I'm not sure whether I should answer in this flame and trolling thread,
but have you tried smb4k (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?
content=9814)? It's for KDE, works fine here for Linux samba shares, but
since there aren't any shares on the Windows machine in our network, I
can't tell whether it will work for you.

Patrick