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file manager open, enter the

address of the network drive you

want to access so that you are

connected to it.

Once you are connected to the

drive you want to map, from the

menu bar in the file manager

select Bookmarks > Add To

Bookmarks.

You are then prompted for a

name for the bookmark.

The “bookmark”, in this case, is

the name you wish to assign to the

network drive to which you are

attached.

Click the OK button and the

network drive will be mapped to

the name you provided in the

dialog box.

The “bookmark” to the drive

will appear in the left pane of the

file manager.

Each time you boot into

Lubuntu, the system will respond

to this “bookmark” by attempting

to connect to the drive to which it

points. If the drive is found, then

clicking on this “bookmark” will

display the contents of the

network drive.

You can rename or remove the

bookmark by right-clicking it and

selecting the desired function.

Renaming the bookmark does not

affect its ability to connect to the

network drive you specified.

Next month we'll look at file

associations. If a file is associated

with an application then the OS

will automatically load the

application and open the file

when you open the file.

CLOSING WINDOWS

Ubuntu Needs You

Future Of The Papercuts Project

The Hundred Papercuts project is

vitally important to Ubuntu. As we ll as

focusing on the minor/trivial bugs that

developers typ ic ally triage down the

back of the d e sk, it provides a point of

entry for new contributors to learn the

processes involved in Ubuntu

development, get to grips with the

tools and find their way around the

code without g e ttin g in over their

heads.

The initial drive and enthusiasm with

which the project kicked off during the

Karmic cycle was all bu t faded in to the

night, putting that value at risk. With

the help of the remaining contributors,

the Ubuntu Desktop team and the

community at large , this plan will

breath new life into what should be

the crown jewel in community

involvement in Ubuntu.

Discussion of ideas is taking place on

the Papercuts Ninja mailing list. You

can sign up to this list by joining the

Papercuts Ninja team on Launchpad.

The documen t is not, by any stretch of

the imagination, complete. It will

evolve over time with input from

various parts of the community until a

clear and concise plan for reviving the

papercuts project is established .

More information is available at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FutureOfTh

ePapercutsProject