I've had some weird issues with the Fedora file explorer not liking windows shares in the past. A few things to try:
Down at the bottom left, click the "+ other locations", and where it says "enter server address" I use: smb://perplex.local/mediabay/
Perplex is the name of the computer with the share. Mediabay is the shared drive. If I don't put in the .local, Nada. If I don't put in the slash, again Nada.
Then, it asks me to log in. I put in my username and password, and if I forget to change the domain in the popup from SAMBA to WORKGROUP, again I get nothing. Also, the WORKGROUP has to be in all caps.
Then I hit connect. Then, I can browse. Also, literally everything has to be in the correct case.
smb://Perplex.local isn't the same as smb://perplex.local.
Agreed, it's a pain.
However...! Linux has much choice. The file explorer in Fedora isn't my favorite. (It's called nautilus, by the way.) I prefer a file explorer called thunar.
Thunar, for some reason, buries accessing shares in the "Go" menu under "Open Location...", but seems to work better than nautilus for mounting shares.
Once you have it mounted via Thunar, it just shows up on the list in nautilus as well, and once it's mounted, I use VLC to play shares all the time with no trouble.
I could get into how to use mount points and stuff, but baby steps...
It's just different. Not 'ass', just odd. I've been Linux-ing for a few years now, and find myself back in Windows for school, and there's all kinds of Windows bullshit that makes me want to scream, it's just that it's different bullshit than the Linux bullshit.
Actually, the bank notes don't smell like maple syrup. When you hold the bank note up to your nose, you are just smelling your own Canadian fingers! All Canadians smell like maple syrup. It's why we're so sweet.
I know this isn't a real answer, but it's what I use as a stop gap measure... I basically have a text file called buffer, and ssh into the VM on a terminal on my host, and paste into the buffer file.
I know it's lame, but for simple text and stuff, it works. For things like files and pics, I use a shared drive.
If someone has a better answer... Please let me know!
My rule is basically: If it's visually interesting, such as a good graphic novel or something with good art, I might go and buy the physical book after I've read it digitally. Otherwise, if I intend to lend it out, I'll get the physical copy. Most of my friends aren't e-book people, so it makes sense.
It's slangy, for sure. It's said in a way where the rest of the sentence is not explicitly stated but implied. Like, "Now I put the cheese... " (On the burger), and then I put the bun. (Again, on the burger.) It's not terribly uncommon, but it does happen.
I got an HP DL380 with 16 drive bays, and I basically just dump any old hard drives in it whenever I upgrade. I have 24TB in it, had it for years, and I've only ever lost one drive at a time, and I just shrink out the dead drive, and then toss another one in if I get a new one. "I'll move your files to your new computer if I can keep the old one..." I even 3d-printed a couple of 2.5"-3.5" adapters to stuff old laptop drives in there. Caddies? Uhh... I think it was 120$ from the local electronics recycler. It's old, it's slow, it's basically a giant samba share.
I have a GPD win. Tried getting Linux on it, had all kinds of problems. Like, couldn't get the screen to stay upright, no sound, no keyboard, Wi-Fi dropping... Might give it another go someday, but probably not.
I had a weird issue with the ProtonVPN app where, if it didn't shut down gracefully, it'd leave an ipv6leakprotection interface in my network manager, and route everything through it. There was an nmcli con command I had to do to clear that interface. It still happens every once in a while, but I use VPN a lot less since switching jobs from Evil Corp to go back to school.
I had a Jelly 2, which came before the Jelly Star. It was pretty dang small. I would have been happier with it if the dang thing didn't drop wifi and Bluetooth every five minutes. If the Jelly Star has the same antenna, I'd steer clear!
I believe there is a phone called the Retro, which is an old Razor style flip phone, but it only has the screen on the top, and is quite small, and relatively cheap. Not sure about availability though.
I don't know if this is a good analogy, but this is how it was explained to me:
I want to send things to people, so I give anyone who asks a key. I keep a bunch of lockboxes that can be opened by that key. When I send them stuff, I lock it up in that box. They know it's from me if the key works.
I also have a bunch of free boxes in a pile, anyone can grab one, but only I have the key to those. They want to send me stuff? Only I can get into it.
One thing I have done more of, of late, is using an external drive plugged in to the fastest usb port I've got (thunderbolt, in my case), and installing Mint on there. I've got an NVME enclosure with Linux Mint Debian Edition on it, and it has a USB A or C cable, so I can boot into it from several different computers. It's also great for rescuing files off of non-booting Windows machines. You take a bit of a speed hit, but it's not as bad as you'd think, and it fits in my pocket. (Good party trick, too.)
I set it up a long time ago, so I don't honestly remember. I followed some guide, and did a few domain redirects to point at stuff on my home network and to shut Zuck out of my life, but I didn't do anything crazy. So, I doubt it, but I don't know.
I have a mini PC that is always on that runs my NTP and DNS, and it's upstream DNS is quad nine out of Switzerland. (9.9.9.9).
I tend toward the same usage patterns daily, and about a third of my requests never leave my home DNS to get resolved.
I just installed it in a VM to check it out, as I'm not a Cinnamon guy usually, and I really like it! I need to try it out on metal and see how it handles games, but so far I'm really happy.
I've had some weird issues with the Fedora file explorer not liking windows shares in the past. A few things to try: Down at the bottom left, click the "+ other locations", and where it says "enter server address" I use: smb://perplex.local/mediabay/ Perplex is the name of the computer with the share. Mediabay is the shared drive. If I don't put in the .local, Nada. If I don't put in the slash, again Nada. Then, it asks me to log in. I put in my username and password, and if I forget to change the domain in the popup from SAMBA to WORKGROUP, again I get nothing. Also, the WORKGROUP has to be in all caps.
Then I hit connect. Then, I can browse. Also, literally everything has to be in the correct case. smb://Perplex.local isn't the same as smb://perplex.local.
Agreed, it's a pain. However...! Linux has much choice. The file explorer in Fedora isn't my favorite. (It's called nautilus, by the way.) I prefer a file explorer called thunar.
Thunar, for some reason, buries accessing shares in the "Go" menu under "Open Location...", but seems to work better than nautilus for mounting shares.
Once you have it mounted via Thunar, it just shows up on the list in nautilus as well, and once it's mounted, I use VLC to play shares all the time with no trouble.
I could get into how to use mount points and stuff, but baby steps... It's just different. Not 'ass', just odd. I've been Linux-ing for a few years now, and find myself back in Windows for school, and there's all kinds of Windows bullshit that makes me want to scream, it's just that it's different bullshit than the Linux bullshit.