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> There was a pretty huge market of shareware (or open source on linux) for this. Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle, but as a full time linux user

by saghm 4y ago

> There was a pretty huge market of shareware (or open source on linux) for this. Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle, but as a full time linux user (outside of work where they have me use a macbook), I just use the terminal as my file manager. `ls`, `cp`, `mv`, `rm`, and then a utility installed to have a CLI command for putting things in the trash instead of permanently deleting is pretty much all I need.

nobody9999 4y ago
>Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle, but as a full time linux user (outside of work where they have me use a macbook), I just use the terminal as my file manager. `ls`, `cp`, `mv`, `rm`, and then a utility installed to have a CLI command for putting things in the trash instead of permanently deleting is pretty much all I need. I certainly get your point of view. As a long time Unix/Linux user, I find that the standard tools (as you mention) are great, and I use them most of the time. However, when dealing with large numbers of files/folders and being responsible for their organization/storage, a tool such as MidnightCommander[0][1] can be quite useful. If that's not your use case and/or other tools work better for you, that's great! I'd posit that (lack of) prior experience may impact such choices. But IMHO, whatever gets the job done is perfectly fine. [0] https://github.com/MidnightCommander https://github.com/MidnightCommander [1] https://midnight-commander.org/ https://midnight-commander.org/
mhd 4y ago
> Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle Linux has plenty of file managers. Just like the system that ran the original norton commander had copy/dir/etc. Where does a "lifestyle" come in here?
- saghm 4y ago
  I'd guess that the proportion of linux users who prefer to use the terminal for file management over a GUI is way higher than MacOS or Windows ones. It's not a property of the system itself, but more that someone who prefers to do things this way would be more likely to use linux than the average user. Hence...lifestyle
p4bl0 4y ago
I totally get your point of view. Had the same, did the same. If one day you want to try a graphical file manager, I suggest Dolphin. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32336338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32336338 :).
- saghm 4y ago
  I do have nautilus installed, and I use it for exactly one directory: my images stored in Dropbox. Occasionally I'll be looking for a certain photo or screenshot or something and I won't remember the exact name, so it's easier to scan the images visually from preview icons rather than try to figure it out from the entire list of names.
  - p4bl0 4y ago
    I used to use feh for this kind of things.

by saghm 4y ago

nobody9999 4y ago

>Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle, but as a full time linux user (outside of work where they have me use a macbook), I just use the terminal as my file manager. `ls`, `cp`, `mv`, `rm`, and then a utility installed to have a CLI command for putting things in the trash instead of permanently deleting is pretty much all I need. I certainly get your point of view. As a long time Unix/Linux user, I find that the standard tools (as you mention) are great, and I use them most of the time. However, when dealing with large numbers of files/folders and being responsible for their organization/storage, a tool such as MidnightCommander[0][1] can be quite useful. If that's not your use case and/or other tools work better for you, that's great! I'd posit that (lack of) prior experience may impact such choices. But IMHO, whatever gets the job done is perfectly fine. [0] https://github.com/MidnightCommander https://github.com/MidnightCommander [1] https://midnight-commander.org/ https://midnight-commander.org/

mhd 4y ago

> Maybe I'm just _too_ into the linux lifestyle Linux has plenty of file managers. Just like the system that ran the original norton commander had copy/dir/etc. Where does a "lifestyle" come in here?

saghm 4y ago
I'd guess that the proportion of linux users who prefer to use the terminal for file management over a GUI is way higher than MacOS or Windows ones. It's not a property of the system itself, but more that someone who prefers to do things this way would be more likely to use linux than the average user. Hence...lifestyle

p4bl0 4y ago

I totally get your point of view. Had the same, did the same. If one day you want to try a graphical file manager, I suggest Dolphin. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32336338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32336338 :).

saghm 4y ago
I do have nautilus installed, and I use it for exactly one directory: my images stored in Dropbox. Occasionally I'll be looking for a certain photo or screenshot or something and I won't remember the exact name, so it's easier to scan the images visually from preview icons rather than try to figure it out from the entire list of names.
- p4bl0 4y ago
  I used to use feh for this kind of things.