Map Network Drive using Fedora LXDE?

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I have a Dell Inspiron laptop and I just recently installed Fedora LXDE (32 bit) found here:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/lxde/

I was wondering if anyone in the community has tried mapping a shared windows folder from the network through this OS because my main computer is dual boot (windows XP and Windows 7) and I want to be able to watch movies or access stuff from my main computer if it is on regardless of which windows OS is chosen, thanks for the response in advance!
 
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As I understand it the Windows files are on a different computer to the Linux. The solution given does not apply in that case.

Read http://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/connecting-to-a-windows-shared-drive-from-lxde-using-gigolo/
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If you want to see your Windows partition either you can try using gnome-disk-utility:

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/28313/how-do-i-automount-my-music-containing-partition-on-boot/

If you are savvy enough it would be better to implement this solution IMO:

http://jaisejames.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/automount-ntfs-windows-partition-on-boot-login-fedora-15-16/

...for seeing the Windows drive from Fedora LXDE. Typically, I would think it would just show up as a NTFS partition on the desktop, but I have not myself run that particular Fedora distribution to say for sure. If you want to see your Linux partition from inside Windows you can install ext2fsd. Ext2fsd is a freeware open source ext3/4 file system driver for Windows (2K/XP/VISTA/WIN7):

http://www.ext2fsd.com/
 
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Thank you for your response! :) Will try it out and tell you how it goes, by the way is the same process applicable when using Xubuntu or any other Ubuntu flavors? Or is this just Fedora platforms?
 
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As I understand it the Windows files are on a different computer to the Linux. The solution given does not apply in that case.

Read http://lkubaski.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/connecting-to-a-windows-shared-drive-from-lxde-using-gigolo/
 
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To do that I would recommend installing FileZilla FTP Server and then you can either connect with FileZilla FTP Client or you could just go through a browser.

You have to create Groups and then add Users to the Groups in the FileZilla FTP Server application.

Users should have passwords.

You can stream those movies through a browser or Windows explorer.

FileZilla is a cross-platform graphical FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with a lot of features, supporting Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server for Windows.

https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Documentation
 
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I really like that solution as well. I think I will implement that on my network.
 
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But if you are just out to stream media, you could always go with Chromecast and use the Chromecast extension in Chrome (not Chromium) to do that.

I would personally recommend using XBMC as a media player, and you can even run it as a media center on a home server.

Some Blu-ray players can see media converted through a transcoder application such as DivX Plus or Vuze, but make sure to decline all the tricky offers during installation.

Even the Roku can be made to stream media from an external USB hard drive or flashdrive, if you have Roku 3 and you install the private channel Nowhere USB.

You can install Azureus Vuze in Linux and Windows. DivX runs on Windows. Both can transcode your videos so you can stream them on other devices, particularly Blu-ray or home network media streaming devices.

In fact, Ubuntu and Fedora can be configured to run OpenStack to create a private or public cloud.
 
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