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Linux
If you are using Linux you are probably comfortable with connecting to servers, and how
to do this can vary greatly from distribution to distribution and largely depends on your
window manager/display environment. Most systems come with Gnome and it is the
default on the very popular Ubuntu distribution, so we'll give an example using the Files
tool (also called Nautilus). If you open the app you should have a "Connect to server"
option, there you can enter either the \\servername\share or smb://servername/share format.
ChromeOS or ChromiumOS (Neverware CloudReady and others)
There is a built in Samba/SMB client in the Files app, but it doesn't really seem to work
very well. Instead the most useful ChromeOS app to allow mounting Samba shares even
though it doesn't have high ratings is "File System for Windows". It is open source and
works far better than the built in version. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/file-
system-for-windows/mfhnnfciefdpolbelmfkpmhhmlkehbdf/related?hl=en
Once you have installed the app you can launch it from that page, and if you want to
access it again in the future, in the Files app if you go to the 3 dot menu at the top right