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Ask HN: Which Linux file manager GUI do you prefer and why?
Inspired by a similar query on terminal emulators: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32444074
- anotherevan 4y agoI've used KDE for decades before switching to Awesomewm, so still use Dolphin. I like it's detail view mode and split mode (two panes). Also when you drag and drop it pops up a menu asking if you wanting to copy, move or link (if you haven't held down ctrl, shift, or ctrl+shift respectively). Good handling of zips and other archives, as well as files over protocols like SFTP. The left-hand panel with places, remotes and devices is handy too. Would be nice to have something similar that starts a bit faster.
- slater 4y agoOne that can display image thumbnails out of the box! /scnr
- easytiger 4y agoI switched to KDE/plasma & Dolphin because i recently had to do some web dev and dealing with that FM in gnome was hilariously timely
- mPReDiToR 4y agoI currently use Thunar, but I'd love to have XTree Gold compiled for Linux! Dolphin was my favourite before I needed to rename a stack of files on copy which Thunar made easier.