Dolphin File Manager Now Supports the WS-DISCOVERY Protocol for Samba Host Discovery

[deano_ferrari]

Recent news…
https://pointieststick.com/2020/03/01/this-week-in-kde-3/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Starts-March-2020

Now available for those using KDE (via KDE_repositories), Dolphin 20.04.0 onwards can now discover and display Windows hosts via
Network > Shared Folders (Samba) using the WS-Discovery protocol. It does need kdsoap installed first however…

https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=✓&baseproject=ALL&q=kdsoap

I’ve been using it successfully for the past week or so, (after a minor bug was resolved).

[Bill_L]

1- Should I add those repo’s? I use plasma and have KDE on my machines(I think).
2- Is there a downside to a novice like myself?
I couldn’t tell from reading the news links in your post.

[knurpht]

@Bill_L

1- Should I add those repo’s? I use plasma and have KDE on my machines(I think).
2- Is there a downside to a novice like myself?
I couldn’t tell from reading the news links in your post.

Nothing there you ‘should do’. But if you thing this would improve your current setup, this part is relevant for Leap 15.1

zypper ar -p 75 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt5/openSUSE_Leap_15.1 KDE-Qt5
zypper ar -p 75 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Frameworks5/openSUSE_Leap_15.1 KDE-Frameworks
zypper ar -p 75 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Applications/KDE_Frameworks5_openSUSE_Leap_15.1 KDE-Applications
zypper ar -p 75 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Applications_openSUSE_Leap_15.1 KDE-Extra
zypper -v dup --allow-vendor-change

[deano_ferrari]

@Bill_L

1- Should I add those repo’s? I use plasma and have KDE on my machines(I think).
2- Is there a downside to a novice like myself?
I couldn’t tell from reading the news links in your post.

Hi Bill. I use the KDE repos for a more updated desktop environment. This just relates to recent discovery functionality, that you may (or may not) require.