Het is trouwens niet zomaar een wilde hack, maar het officiële advies - zonder enige waarschuwing voor de risico's nu, en dat je dit weer ongedaan moet maken zodra gefixed... Uit https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tricia_cinnamon.php: [...] Samba Samba isn't very stable in Ubuntu 18.04. Two issues in particular, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1827041 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1778322 make it very hard to browse Windows networks and connect to Windows shares. To work around this issue, edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and add the following lines under "workgroup = WORKGROUP", in the "[global]" section: - name resolve order = bcast host lmhosts wins - client max protocol = NT1 Save the file and reboot. You should then be able to see the workgroup and the hosts in the network neighbourhood. To connect to a share, use "Connect to Server..." from the "File" menu. If you are trying to connect anonymously and it isn't working, type "anonymous" in the username field and ...