I have a ubuntu machine running several samba shares. my windows 7 pcs show this machine in file explorer under networking. when I click on it I can see my shares and access them. However my windows 8 laptop does not show the machine under networking. I have to tell windows to map the network drive and set it up that way. Does anyone know how to get the comp to show up under networking so I don't have to have each share mounted as a drive? I just find it looks less cluttered in file explorer that way
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You need to install avahi-daemon. It will advertise the name of the ubuntu computer on the network.
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon