In comp.os.linux jim <jim@home.net> wrote:
> I loaded PCLinuxOS 2007, opened Konquerer, Go > Network Folders > Local
> Network. And, I got....
>
> "The Lisa daemon does not appear to be running. In order to use the LAN
> Browser the Lisa daemon must be installed and activated by the system
> administrator."
>
> Still can't browse XP shared folders.
>
> WTF? Do Linux distro people REALLY believe that a Linux user will never
> have to browse folders on a Windows network? And, if they know that their
> users will probably have to do so, why doesn't this #@%# work out of the
> box?
>
> jim
>
>

Jim

Preach on... yes, you are correct; but I find the other way around
annoying too -- Windows XP can't use NIS and NFS "out of the box".
Worse, compatibility is not built in at all.

This, of course, forces me to use SAMBA, but I use it from a server
perspective, not a client. Still, the SMB (or CIFS, what the **** is it
now?) client browsing is annoying. But the lack of NFS v *anything*
(2,3,4) support in XP is UTTERLY INEXCUSABLE.

After all, it is a standard supported by every other major OS: HP, IBM,
SUN, Linux.

XP doesn't even seem to support automounter maps! Either from NIS or
LDAP! I am not a Windows guy; how am I to incorporate XP into the
network?

But, Linux (most varieties) browsing XP SMB shares isn't pretty (it
can be done, but it seems painful).