>KDE/smb4k also use broadcast and bypass settings from "name resolve order".
So you are saying that trying to browse a network with seperate LANs and AD
deployed using KDE would also be slower than trying to browse the same network
with Gnome?
If that is true, then given the current state of DNS redirection by
ISPs, Gnome is optimized for large company networking by default. This
is creating problems for new users who are using simple home networking.
This includes many small companies like my own that are on simple
networks as well.
How about asking either at install time or the first time the network
browse gui is used, if the machine is part of a large corporate network
with seperate LANs and AD or if it is just part of a simple, typical
home network? The resolve order can then be set appropriately. If you
want to get really slick about it, there can be a button ("Network
Configuration") in the network browse gui that allows you to switch
between the 2 options.
The following is a true new user experience that I was involved with:
After his 3rd virus attack that cost him a weeks downtime and over $5000 to
fix, I talked a colleague into changing his office machines (a total of 6
workstations) over to Ubuntu. As in my own case, his file server has to remain
on Windows because of proprietary business applications. He uses a
professional IT person to keep his network healthy. His expertise is primarily
Windows, but he is also a Unix Admin. Shortly after doing the install he was
having a lot of problems with network browsing and found that even sharing a
printer connected to one of the Ubuntu workstations was totally unreliable. He
added a desktop icon to restart samba, which he suggested the owner keep
pushing over and over until the network finally responds. This kept happening
several times a day. Everyone involved decided Ubuntu was creating usability
problems and they were considering switching back. Once I told his IT guy
about the resolve order change, all problems vanished. Had I not fixed this
problem, there would have been another small company and IT person spreading
the word that Ubuntu is "not stable, not ready, etc."
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Change resolve order so Nautilus can browse local network when ISP uses DNS
redirection
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389909
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