[parasubvert]

Eh, Samba has been fine in the Linux world for many years.

[elzbardico]

It works. and it is impressive work what they've done, but let's face it, it is not even close to being as ergonomically and plug and play as it is on a windows only environment. It is a shame that microsoft still haven't truly make SMB an open protocol.

[ygra]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols... Specifications seem to be available, though.

[Someone]

That was done because the EU demanded it (I think as an outcome of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Commission)

[Macha]

Windows client -> Linux server has worked great for a long time.

Linux client -> Windows server has been less so

[jsymolon]

Agreed, and many thanks to the developers.

My pain is browsing over VPN is extremely slow. Probably my fault as getting Desktop (Debian) happy with all the certificates is painful.