Once you get used to it, you’ll never go back haha

I always install Guake. It’s a drop-down terminal emulator and it can be heavily configured with hotkeys. I have it pop open/close with one key and I can split the terminal horizontally or vertically as many times as I want with a couple other hotkeys.

It’s so ridiculously efficient (as a developer) that I can’t stand to not have it installed at this point.

I’m honestly confused as to why everyone here is avoiding actually answering your question. Anyway, for most modern file browsers in Linux:

• Type into the address bar: smb://ip-address-or-domain/share-name
• It should ask for login credentials. Enter your login for the server you’re accessing. Click “remember forever” or something like that.
• Once you’re in, right-click the share in the navigation pane to the left and click “create bookmark” or something like that. When doing so, there may also be a checkbox to make it persistent - if so, check it.