from a functionality point of view yes - you have always been able to connect to a Linux/BSD box using NFS, SMB(1) ( if samba is installed on them ) or AFP ( if netatalk is installed on them ).
What this thing is saying SMB2 support has been added ( since Mountain Lion does not support SMB2 ) and seems to have been simultaneously made the default for connecting to servers that support it ( hopefully only if you don't explicitly specify what to use and presumably the SMB server on OS X Mavericks does )
Buggy is not nearly strong enough - supporting lots of mixed environments has given me ragequit levels of stress, precisely because Apple dropped samba and decided to write their own.
I did need to tweak some registry setting on my Win7 box to allow my MacBook to access its shares properly. Not very user-friendly, but after that it's worked fine.
vvhn|12 years ago
What this thing is saying SMB2 support has been added ( since Mountain Lion does not support SMB2 ) and seems to have been simultaneously made the default for connecting to servers that support it ( hopefully only if you don't explicitly specify what to use and presumably the SMB server on OS X Mavericks does )
velodrome|12 years ago
deathcakes|12 years ago
TillE|12 years ago