[Qgis-user] Can I add a shapefile from a network location to QGIS 2.0?

[sbear]

I have Libreoffice on Ubuntu 12.04 and have no problems opening a file on the remote NTFS machine.  When I try to add a shapefile from the remote machine to QGIS 2.0 that is running on the Ubuntu machine, there is no network visible in the "file>open" browser. Is there a way to add a shapefile from a remote computer when using Linux?