I am concerned. Apparently, Linux versions such as Fedora want the average user to use it take up and install and use Their Linux and yet the specific portions such as sharing files among more than one computer is a difficult task. And yet if you go online it is stated as a simple process. For example:
How is Linux going to get standard users if the programmers keep making unfinished products such as samba…Failed to enable unit: Unit file smbd.service does not exist. Apparently, there is other things (Plural) that needs to be done and installed so Samba can be utilised. Why isn’t this done in unison. Imagine if even in other Os’s that install only placed the files on the computer and the rest is up to you to get it running. Sounds like an old old server I used to have that had hard drives as big as a two lunch boxes. and weighed 10 lbs or more…Lol…Anyone have a simple solution for the newbie…
Please first of all, we do not have enough information to help you.
Yes samba has to be configured because by default it is not activated.
Did you check this manual?
How to create a Samba share :: Fedora Docs
If you actually want some help, rather than just to vent, you might want to edit that to not sound like pure venting.
I struggled myself to get Samba setup years ago, when my (Centos) linux system was the one I kept on all the time, and so used for file sharing among the many computers here (I, my wife, and each of 3 sons living here each have at least 2 computers in regular use).
Now my Windows-10 system is the one on all the time and hosting shared storage. Setting that up, also required some false starts and lots of wondering why it all seemed to be set up, but some systems couldn’t see it. I’ll admit setting up in Windows was still a lot easier than it was years ago in Centos Linux. I expect there are half decent “cookbook” instructions somewhere for setting it up in Fedora and someday I’ll want to try that. I doubt those would be too hard to find with google (if you really want to make it work).
One hint I have is SELINUX gets in the way of any such activity. I’m sure many of the experts here can get SELINUX to behave. I prefer to turn it off entirely. In theory, your computer is less secure without it. But a home linux system is still pretty secure, and lots of activites, such as setting up Samba, become much simpler without SELINUX.
Overall, I prefer Linux to Windows (I’m using both side by side on two different computers constantly) and the trend certainly seems to be that Windows is getting worse as Fedora is getting better.
With most of the developers working for fun, Linux certainly has the problem that it is more fun to create features than it is to either idiot-proof them or document them.
You have vastly more flexibility, especially to make good use of limited hardware, with Linux compared to Windows. But sometimes that comes with extra effort.