File Managers
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What is the best file manager out there?
Which is the most efficient, looks best, works best, and crashes the least?
Explorer > Finder > hobbyist file "managers"
windows explorer
>>53727789
total commander, double commander or basicly anything that has more than one window
>>53727797
>>53727804
plebs
pcmanfm or spacefm if you're a special snowflake.
>>53727789
is the thing you posted coppying finder or the other way around?
>>53727789
>no using ls, cp, mv, and rm like an intelligent human bean
>using a fisher price toybox "Filemanager" instead
And I thought this was a technology board.
>>53727825
>total commander
hi gramps
>>53727843
can confirm pcmanfm is excellent
SpaceFM is where it's at.
>>53727890
>calling me gramps
>not greentexting >windows commander
underage pls go
>>53727877
you just want to look cool bro
just accept it
>>53727877
exactly, technology is supposed to make life easier and workflow flow
bash
/thread
>>53727789
>ranger and/or thunar on linux
it works.
>explorer on windows
also works, but the stupid ribbon menu is like the worst shit ever created.
>finder on osx
it's worst than windows explorer except for the tiny fact that it can use fucking tabs.
>>53727976
I have to reinstall that to check it out, but I don't think it has anything extra or better than thunar.
>>53728337
>also works, but the stupid ribbon menu is like the worst shit ever created.
Static ribbons are really lame but the ribbon menu can be hidden in Explorer, there's a button near the top right. Once it's minimized then clicking on the File / View menu buttons gives you the ribbon dropdown for that single time. Pretty decent IMO.
Thunar
>>53727789
DOLPHIN MASTERRACE
Why don't windows have any file manager with aesthetics like any GNU/Linux shit or Mac shit.
Is it really so hard to create a simple aesthetically pleasing file manager?
>>53728485
>Split view
Dophin got you covered :^)
Dolphin objectively even I hate kde
Can we talk about the worst? Yeah I'm speaking about Nautilushit on gnome 3
>>53728485
so aesthetic
>>53728196
this
>>53728523
/Thread. There is no file manager that is better and functional than Dolphin
>>53728837
does dolphin have
>quick file preview
>quick archive preview
>archiver integrator (as in extract shit without need to run another program)
>integrated checksum calculator and checker
>multi-rename tool
>custom filters
>addons support
>something I forgot
thought so... just learn how to use save_icon commander and you'll never want to go back, it's the same as clit mouse on thinkpads
>>53727843
>pcmanfm
ranger
>>53727843
Another vote for PCmanFM, switched to it from thunar and it's perfect, just wish you could set pictures as folder icons.
What's wrong with GNU coreutils and screen?
>>53727789
it depends on what kind of kinks you have
if you are fond of graphical shit, then thunar
but if you are 1337 like me, ranger is the best
A command shell.
I don't understand why anyone would recommend Thunar over something like Caja or Nemo to be honest. It's featureless.
>>53728575
I'm fine with Nautilus, but only with typeahead patches otherwise is unusable
A termnial is my goto file manager.
>>53727789
Thunar if you want a light and quite functional file manager
>>53729229
>>quick file preview
Yes
>>quick archive preview
Yes
>>archiver integrator (as in extract shit without need to run another program)
Yes
>>integrated checksum calculator and checker
Yes
>>multi-rename tool
You have to install a plugin
>>custom filters
Yes
>>addons support
YES
Holy shit Dolphin is literally the best
donnatella - http://jjacky.com/donnatella/
>>53730474
>http
Why?
>>53730527
I don't know :(
>>53730537
>http://jjacky.com/donnatella/
Actually looks quite decent. Are you using it?
>>53730527
https://github.com/jjk-jacky/donnatella has almost all info that's on the website.
Screenshot in pic related. Description on website:
> An example of custom properties in action: in the top list, folders of PKGBUILDs I maintain, with a column for the pkgver and one for the last commit message on each folder, as commonly seen in github and other similar interfaces (since my PKGBUILDs are, of course, in a git repo). The bottom list has some video files, with columns for duration & codecs as well as a column for the MD5 hash of files, all available on-demand (click needed to refresh/load the properties).
>>53730592
how do I get such magnificent font rendering? also, what font is that?
>>53730566
nah, I do things in sh/ranger and when I launch a GUI fm I mainly do to get thumbnails of pics/vids.
Eagle Mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6yPQKt3mBA
>>53727789
I've used windows explorer, dolphin, pantheon-files, caja and nautilus.
I like caja best.
>fast and lightweight
>good search function
>reasonable search in folders by just typing letters
>good ftp assistant for setting up connection with ftp serves
>mutliple panes and tabs
The only downside is that it looks like windows explorer, really no frills and kinda ugly.
Pantheon files also works really well and I like the mac-like columns for opening folders. However, nautilus is the most aesthetically pleasing of the ones I used.
>>53730725
>OSX manages to make it look pretty anyway
Dolphin.
It has all the usual things you'd expect
>split view
>tabs
>view modes
>links
>preview
>automatic or easy mounting of phones
>extensive settings
But the most important thing that makes it better than all the others is it has an embedded terminal.
Now this might seem silly at first, but you quickly realize that a lot of terminal actions is based on your files, so it makes a lot of sense.
Eg you want to go to a hidden folder without having them visible, easy.
Want to update a svn or git repository? easy.
All the glory of a terminal while still having the ease of using a file manager.
>>53730848
/thread
>GNU/Linux will never have official thumbnails support in file choosers without some twat making impossible-to-install hack patches.
>Everyday basic use
Nautilus
>Complicated stuff
coreutils and wdired
>>53728837
Konqueror
>>53730848
>It has all the usual things you'd expect
No case-sensitive sort
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>>53730884
Dolphin got you covered {^:
>>53730938
It would be a weird behavior.
If you need that, you could always use the terminal.
Dolphin is objectively the best, or Ranger if you want something more minimal.
>>53730979
Dolphin once again proving that Qt is the one true toolkit
>>53730979
That's a bad way to use it, though
Select the pic above name option or something like that
>>53730984
Linux is naturally case-sensitive. This was a feature in KDE3, but missing in KDE4+
On Linux I used Thunar, but I like Finder the most desu.
I just wish it'd put the fucking folders at the top.
>>53731095
Forgot my pic. Pic related is the best feature of Finder. I can't live without Column mode anymore.
>>53731020
Case sensitive is easier to implement.
You use the char value and sort after that.
Humans tend to group things together differently.
I suppose that you could change dolphin to work this way, but right now the grouping is
A a B b d Z, with the option to show folders first as they are a separate thing.
Sorting it to
A B Z a b d
doesn't make that much sense to most people.
>>53731104
miles pls go
>>53731095
>I just wish it'd put the fucking folders at the top.
Install xtrafinder, totalfinder or pathfinder and you can do that perfectly.
>>53731135
I thought they didn't work with El Capitan anymore.
I just want to take this moment to say that Finder is the biggest piece of shit I ever used.
It has graphical glitches, freezes up if you try to copy to a network drive that is not connected, there's no way to copy the path you're at and the "file copy" window is absolutely useless.
>>53731143
You'll need to turn off system integrity protection in debug applications and it'll work fine.
See: http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/system-integrity-protection
>>53731185
Oh and the laaaaaags between creating and moving files
AND the "snap to grid" feature is also a) never working and b) when creating/moving files from external programs just straight up does not do shit and throws the files at some random locations.
>>53731195
Is that really worth doing?
>>53731185
At least it has thumbnails in the file chooser and is consistent all over.
>>53730848
Agreed. But is there a way to show file transfers on a dedicated window?
>>53731195
Yeah. I'd rather not disable SIP. I hardly ever mix folders and files anyway, so it's not as big an issue to me.
>>53731215
Everything has thumbnails in the file picker dialog.
But the motherfucking Finder file picker dialog also disables the parent application and is not movable or anything.
I swear to god I like my Mac but the people defending Finder because it has that stupid preview thing are living in a horrible case of Stockholm syndrome.
>>53731221
I use kde, so I have the file transfer as a notification which I can now pin to the desktop, so I can view the transfer.
I am not sure how to get a good integration on other desktops.
>>53731221
A progress window shows up if you aren't on KDE
>>53730848
I'd use KDE myself but I always had issues with performance.
>>53730725
I just remembered how "fisher pricey" Windows XP was, fuck.
Mac OS brought the minimalism from unix system to mainstream.
>>53731348
All other desktops that are faster usually don't have as much graphical eye candy.
If you turn that stuff off, it is relatively fast.
And just as any other DE, you can also run whatever window manager you'd want if you want something that is more responsive.
A lot of the performance issues has been related to the file search in kde4.
There have been a lot of bugs, like writing "sqrt(x)" in krunner would lead to evaluating the square root of x but also send the command to the file search which then searches all files on the disk for something.
I personally just disabled it all and used the superior fsrunner plugin.
But in plasma5, it is a lot better, so I guess all you have to keep in mind is the memory usage.
>>53728450
Is there a way I can install this on Gnome 3? Linux newfag.
>>53728450
sudo apt-get install dolphin.
You'll need to make it the default file manager. There are guides all over the net for this. Just don't expect it to look as pretty as in that picture.
>>53731542
Yes. It will just install all the KDE libraries it needs to use but doesn't mean you need to switch your DE.
>>53731542
Yes of course. But making it the default manager needs some tweaking
I find the terminal better for file managing. Listing, filtering, compressed file listing, searching, head for text file preview, feh for single image preview, compressing, image optimization, multi renaming, checksums, multi image resizing, making webms from videos, finding text in files, resizing webms, looking at exifs, looking at video tracks, extracting subtitles.
Only use a file manager when I need to preview an image folder to find one and their names are meaningless.
>>53727797
Finder is a total garbage. It is the worst file manager ever seen.
>>53731525
I just think that if you have a computer that can handle anything heavy you shouldn't need to disable effects. When I talk about this to other people they keep saying "just stop running that on a toaster" but this toaster is an i5 4460 with an r9 380 and 8gb of RAM, it's not a beast with games but it should be capable of doing this with no trouble.
>>53731764
You should try using Windows some time.
>>53727797
>Explorer.exe has stopped responding
We are checking for problems while get cucked like a true win cuck you are
[x] Restart Explorer (I mean computer)
[ ] Check for windows updates
>>53731880
the DE is pretty fucked if it lags on that hardware
>>53727789
Total Commander. Thank me and GTFO!
>>53731597
>>53731601
Just installed it and icons don't show up.
>>53727843
are there any significant differences between the two?
>>53731992
>Total Cuckolder
Does it have addon manager?
>>53732016
Install and enable breeze icon theme
>>53730998
That has nothing to do with Qt. Check out Qt's default file dialog and you'll see that it's as shit as GTK's.
The only good thing from KDE is Dolphin.
But Dolphin is like 300MB heavy... almost like whole my xfce lol
>>53728450
What is the name of that window buttons theme? Is that part of their Kwin wm?
>>53732111
Stock breeze WM theme, family
>>53732143
thanks blood relative
File Explorer, it looks great, it has a lot of options that other file managers doesn't have, and Ribbon is pretty useful. Since the indexer and the Onedrive are well integrated in it, searching is super easily.
>but muh tabs
there is no need for tabs when you have as many instances you want all of them using the same taskbar space. The tumbnails work as tabs.
>>53733325
>there is no need for tabs on my web browser when you have as many instances you want all of them using the same taskbar space
C U C K
>>53733325
Can you change that ugly font for us?
No? I thought so
>>53733325
>it has a lot of options that other file managers doesn't have
Like not being able to ready anything beyond the walled garden of NTFS and FAT?
>>53733613
read*
>>53728485
implying aesthetics comes from the OS and not dwm ricing lol btfo
>>53733613
That has nothing to do with file managers, but with system drivers. Nice try, though.
>>53733613
That's a work for the OS not the file manager.
>>53732111
>The only good thing from KDE is Dolphin.
Kate is Linux's best text editor (that isn't vi(m) or emacs, of course).
K3b is Linux's best disc imaging tool.
Krita is Linux's best scribbleshitter.
Kdegames is Linux's best casual games suite (seriously, KDE sudoku and solitaire blow GNOME sudoku and solitaire out of the fucking water).
KDE is the project giving us KDE Connect and Shashlik.
And let's not forget the file picker.
KDE needs more credit on /g/.
>>53734584
Ktorrent is actually my favourite torrent client. Just needs support for downloading torrents in sequential order and it's the best.
the fucking shell, obviously
god damn
I just use the terminal
Adobe bridge
Trust me.
>>53734584
KDE looks like ass tho
So far I've tried Explorer, Nemo, Caja and Nautilus. Gotta say I like Nautilus the best, but it's really subjective
>>53727797
Explorer>=various file managers on linux>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Finder
>>53734741
>Qt and KDE are superior technologies
>GTK and GNOME/MATE/Xfce are inferior technologies
>/g/ rejects the former and embraces the latter because MUH THEMES
Embarrassing.
>>53727797
cancer: the post
Will PCmanFM ever get the ability to have custom folder icons like Nemo can, that's literally the only thing I want now from it, then it would be perfection.
Thunar, fuck yeah!
This guy fucks
Is there a file manager that supports fuzzy matching when you click on a random file and typing?
>>53732016
If your using ubuntu install dolphin4 instead. It has a fix for that
>>53727843
My negro
>>53731104
>porn >Nichijou
Pls kill yourself.
>>53734584
Too bad they decided not to port Knode to KF5.
>>53731992
god damn it, I just get back in this thread and I just noticed I'm not the only one shilling for this
>>53732035
yes, thou not many people write for that, also
>cuckolder
then use free alternative double commander
>>53730725
taking_the_bait.dng
you forgot about vista and more importantly specifiy versions of rest systems
also xp at least had "folder up" button, other two don't have it
>>53730635
alphabetical order in FUCKING ROWS
who the hell thought this is ok?
also icons this big are good only for image previews which your_pic_related doesn't have
>>53731952
he >>53731764 is right thou, I used both I know, wait, I'm still on w7 and after seeing this >>53733325 I'm not so sure about explorer but seriously, even guys with bash have it better than Finder
>>53734741
only on default, granted, even I didn't bothered to go any further, but still...
Best FMs are those who are tabs-free.
dtfile
Thunar Master Race.
Allright pcmanfm guys, I tried it and decided that I like it better than Nautilus, I especially like the "Miniature View" for image thumbnails, perfect size compared to the tiny size and excessive padding on Nautilus, but I don't want to set that icon view as the default across all my shit, I only want to set it as default on the "Images" directory and all it's subdirectories, but I can't find a way to do it, help a brother out, I probably have hundreds of subfolders inside Images and don't want to change their defaults manually one by one.
Pic related, really nice thumbnail view.
>>53727789
XYplorer
Great and responsive developer, does nearly everything, minus built in FTP and folder sync. Scriptable, stronk
>>53727789
