[Geoffrey]

What do you mean by windows network?

Did you dual install Mint in a cpu alongside an already existing windows 10 installation?

[butlerweave]

This might help http://www.clickcomputertips.com/category/how-to-configure-linux-mint-on-windows-network/

[Carriage Hill]

Ping to a FReeper needing some help.

[rockrr]

Ping to ShadowAce for Linux help.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Install GUI package Gigolo <- to config access to windows shares easily in a GUI environment

https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/system-config-samba-ubuntu-16-04 <- to set up Mint (which is ubuntu) to share to windows machines via samba.

https://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-WF-2540_Series <- printer.

[Nateman]

When on Windows do you use wireless or a Ethernet cable? If you can get an Ethernet cable to hook up the procedure is a whole lot easier.

[Alas Babylon!]

Windows Server can run NFS. Linux and UNIX machines can see those.

[Farcesensitive]

This is the kind of issue that makes me not want to switch to Linux yet.

My Win 8.1 computers do everything I want them to without having to search the internet or beg for help from people on forums.
I won’t get Win 10 so next time I need new computers I will consider Linux but I hope that it is more user friendly by then.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Search here for your printer model for drivers:

http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX

As for shortcuts on the desktop, if you’re using the Mate desktop environment, right click on the desktop and click ‘create launcher’ to get started. You’ll need to know the exact location of the program, file, or directory you wish to make a shortcut for. If you shed some more light on what you’re trying to make one for, I’ll try and walk you through the process, so you understand it and can do it in the future. It may be a little more to learn than Windows, but it’s also a lot more powerful (and way easier actually) once you get used to it.

Not sure about your network issue. I think you’d have to describe what you’re looking to do.

[bigbob]

As badly as M$ has screwed up networking (again) I’m glad I bought a NAS with RAID and just create shared drives there. Besides it gives me failure proof backup.

[blogOps]

Just pm you. Good luck and be patient. =)

[mostly_lies]

The first step for you would be to make sure your WINDOWS machines see your windows shares.

Then be sure the shares are named appropriately.

Then set up the samba client on your linux boxes I am assuming you know how to do this? If not, we can definitely back up. No harm in asking.

Then be sure the names match for the networks and shares.

It was pretty easy for me to do, and I am not a guru at all.

Please be patient. Trouble shooting over the web is difficult. There are a number of people who want to help you. We get a big grin when you face palm and say “AHHHH, I see it now!” Hoping for that quickly

[Openurmind]

Looks like someone has jumped in to give you some personal help through PM, so I won’t bug you there. But the file to desktop is easy... Although there is no option to do so in the right click menu, you just drag and drop, or copy and paste folders or files to the desktop just like win 7.

Drag and drop will remove the file from the folder it was in and add it to the desktop. Reverse to put it back into the folder if you need to. Copy and paste will leave the original in the folder and add a copy of same to the desktop. It has all the same drag and drop, copy and paste functions that Win 7 has.

[Pollard]

I’ve been wanting to do this for years but every time I try the Samba thing, I end up giving up. Linux/Ubuntu networking sucks for most of us due to not having a GUI. Gotta type in commands, edit config files etc.

With windows, all you have to do is make sure all computers are using the same name for the network. HOME etc

[mrsmith]

bmk

(afte I fix the HW heater, replace the car battery and a few other emergencies will be installing Linux.