Peppermint OS

hmmmmm..... I don't think its a kernel issue Older setups (Bullseye 5.10, Bookworm 6.1): Network browsing is still largely relying on NetBIOS-based discovery and older Samba behavior. XigmaNAS exposes a NetBIOS name, so it shows up fine in the Network view. New setups the “Network” browser now leans more on Avahi/mDNS + wsdd (WS-Discovery) and GVFS backends, and less on pure NetBIOS broadcasts Since you can reach smb://xigmanas and smb://ip, SMB itself works; only discovery is missing I wonder have...

Here are a few things you can try Install Avahi for Discovery Install and enable Avahi daemon to publish/discover services on the local network. Run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install avahi-daemon libnss-mdns Enable service: sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon Restart Thunar: thunar -q Install the GVFS SMB support is complete for the Network browser. Install: sudo apt install gvfs-backends smbclient This adds smb-browse and wsdd backends for better discovery Hope that helps

No specific date yet.. our Goal is early 2026 Jan Feb some time Hope that helps

It does not use terminal it used the debian installer. It is a step through installer gui based

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Have you tried the PeppermintOS Mini... https://peppermintos.com/download-and-install/

If you still need backports packages (e.g., for specific software), replace the line with deb https://archive.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main, then run sudo apt update. Note that archive repos receive no security updates, so use at your own risk and consider upgrading to Pep Trixie

You can pick it up here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/peppermintos/files/misc/