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Let's have a file-managers thread.
>why
>features
>etc...
Thunar.
looks good, works fine and is expandable.
>>51312503
i use tty
>>51312503
explorer.exe
just werks
>>51312576
Yea what's wrong with win explorer? Works fine and the layout is good for 99% of people
>>51312599
Not many here are keks who fall for the stock meme.
cd, ls, cp, mv, rm
pcmanfm
>>51312503
mc ftw
>>51312503
I like Nemo
>>51312537
This
Column view is perfection
>>51312684
cancer
Nautilus is the best I've used
Looks good and has useful features that Thunar is missing
>>51312747
Like what?
>>51312684
Even though I don't use mac I really think column view is great. The only thing that comes somehow close is Ranger but it's buggy and slow at times...
>>51312684
Is there any Linux file manager that does the same column view?
I loved that view in NeXTStep and later in OS X but I won't use Apple products any longer so it would be nice to get something with a similar view.
>>51312801
1st result
>>51312784
>>51312801
I use UltraExplorer for Windows, I can't find anything for Linux that has column view
>>51312801
>but I won't use Apple products any longer so it would be nice to get something with a similar view.
Why not desu?
Dolphin
I like the terminal integration and option to select which type of file that can show thumbnails
>>51312843
I used Apple products from the late 80s and I was the only UNIX engineer in my workplace that used a PowerBook (the black Pismo) with OS 9 and later the Kodiak public OS X beta.
I loved it but I hated the way Apple has gone, the dumbing down of the OS and the hand holding. I don't like the restrictions on the hardware and software so I moved over completely to free software.
Explorer + QTTabBar
>Just werks
>Has tabs
>>51312503
>Fully configurable interface including toolbars, hotkeys, theme, scripting interface
Linuxfags wish they had this.
>>51313126
>those blue circlualr icons
>that aqua tab text
>those random colors for folder text
dis-gus-ting
>>51313165
>>51313165
>>those random colors for folder text
Ever heard of sorting?
>>51313184
still looks like shit
if you can't use the cli you're pathetic B^)
>>51312537
Muh MTP
>>51313207
again, it just werks
Why do people use file managers like pic related and Midnight Commander? Is it just out of habit?
>>51313253
because they're old and they want the kids to get off their lawn
i like my dolphin
/c
builtin terminal
customazeable tool bars
easy NAS mounting
>>51313184
Ever heard of cohesive color schemes?
Columnview is available in Marlin.
On my current PC, I just use OS X's default Finder. The only features it leaves me wanting are an "Up" button, and the ability to sort folders-before-files. I always use "New Window" over "New Tab".
>>51313273
>default plasma 4 color scheme with actually matching wallpaper
>everything is shaded and polished off
I'm sick of all the new themes trying to be flat and material, while many applications still clash with this. This desktop, I always like, though configuration takes longer due to its bevy of tweak-able features (considered "bloat" by people using their machine as a browser).
>>51312599
>Not using it with wine.
>>51313353
>The only features it leaves me wanting are an "Up" button
To jump to the parent directory? That's just Cmd+up arrow
>and the ability to sort folders-before-files
Sort by kind is fairly similar to that, though not the same. Personally I find it better.
Thunar, pretty much perfect, except it doesn't have split view. I also use ranger occasionally.
pls no bully
>>51313468
As a non English speaking person myself, can you fags explain why in the world you would use any language other than English on your PC/WEB/PHONE? I really don't understand why?
>>51313430
>Sort by kind is fairly similar to that, though not the same. Personally I find it better.
I can't combine it with arranging the folders by date, though. I'm fucking baffled that "Up" and "Move to..." are features that need key combinations to use.
PathFinder due to preview pane and not leaving fucking modifying directory mtimes to drop a .DS_Store everywhere.
>>51313495
>I'm fucking baffled that "Up" and "Move to..." are features that need key combinations to use
What? Why the hell wouldn't you use key combinations for those?
Are you one of those morons that uses the mouse for everything you possibly can?
>>51313493
Why would you use english, and not japanese, the clearly superior rising sun country language, in your UIs? :o)
It's just a matter of preference. I'm used to having my whole OS in portuguese.
>>51313493
Because i am german and my language is nice and more precise. so tell me, why should i use anything else.
>>51313493
As a non english speaking person myself, why on earth would I use anything other but by native language on my hardware?
It's not like I'm going to let some anglo fuck use it in the next 100 years.
>>51313468
that's pretty, anon. you need a bit of padding on the right of the icons on the far left though.
>>51313126
lol
>>51313253
far manager or dos navigator combined with conemu is GOAT
>>51312843
Proprietary not fun etc
Are there any file managers that can do thumbnails in file pickers like whne you click browser on 4chan? nothing i have found does it good
>>51313562
For you, perhaps.
Which is perfectly OK.
>>51314647
I've been trying to use Conemu lately but I'm just so used to MinTTY...
Plus conemu Cygwin tends to bork curses UI's.
mc
>>51312922
>Dolphin
>I like the terminal integration
Explain
>>51313493
I have some troubles quickly finding advanced options in the search bar because I only know the Dutch word for it.
If I were to set my system to English I'd have to google certain translations first.
>using nemo
>no "compress" option in the right click file context menu
This is really annoying how can I fix it?
>>51313540
I use the key combinations, but this seems alienating to new users, especially because some of the combos don't initially appear inside the context menus until the Option key is held down. The new user is typically very uneducated with their new software, so they need a way to learn before they can fly on their own, and hiding options from them doesn't help. OS X is very functional and consistent, and the key combos are great, but this doesn't help the learning curve. I feel like the Finder is one of the weakest parts of the UI, though I don't dislike it. It could be the System 9 finder, where everything is spacial and all over the place.
>>51314863
>Plus conemu Cygwin tends to bork curses UI's.
Probably because it's not trying to emulate a vt100 it's only a fancy windows terminal.
>>51312609
this and thunar
>>51312684
ewww
>>51312503
Pantheon file manager on Linux and q-Dir on windows
>>51314712
The problem is not with the file managers as much as it is the GTK+ FileChooserDialog.
Was going to ask a similar question, is there any way or workaround to direct the filechooser dialog to an actual file manager e.g. Thunar?
Is there a good looking Explorer alternative? All the ones that I know have horrible GUI design that are from the late 90s.
>>51313493
Frigging Tandy! This>>51313567
>>51312503
>DIRECTORY OPUS
>>51312503
as if 90% linux file managers aren't all fundamentally the same thing because all of them use the same simplistic library. Differences can be found in aesthetics/performance only. That being said, pcmanfm ftw. Does anybody know a fully keyboard driven gui filemanager à la ranger?
On Windows when I was still a mouse pleb, I loved FreeCommander. Probably the most customizable UI I ever used.
>>51313493
i agree.
>>51313353
> folders first
TotalFinder
though they keked it up by forcing SIP on everyone
>>51316615
1992 called, they want their file manager back.
Explorer.exe and Total Commander
>>51313421
how do you get such beautiful, unsmoothed fonts in lunix?
>>51312609
/thread
>>51312503
Thunrar is GOAT
>>51312843
He doesn't want to eat shit with his hands
>>51316926
nice name fag
>Install FAR Manager from this thread
>Right click on a folder
>Has all of my context menus from explorer.exe recreated (Enqueue in Winamp, scan with MSE, open in gVim etc)
>in a TUI
Shit, this is so much cooler than I expected it to be.
>>51316950
Thanks I'm thinking of starting a weekly newsletter
>>51313253
It works on a headless machine
Finder uber alles
/thread
Finder
what, you fgts want to fite?
>>51312599
i discovered the other day that windows explorer has a very nasty bug in it relating to .wav files. if you make\download a wav file with a marker in it, and then open the folder containing that file windows explorer will jump to 100$ CPU usage, and will stay at that until it's restarted. it is also not able to open or delete the file, nor the folder that contains it. you have to use a third-party utility that can delete the file without trying to grab the metadata
they released one hotfix for it, for windows 7 only, and the hotfix doesn't even work. there is no hotfix in win8/win10 but the bug still remains
markers in wav files have been standard for decades.... thanks microsoft
>>51312801
https://launchpad.net/pantheon-files
>>51317047
Yosemite looks so pathetic
