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It's great to see, though my main gripe with KDE right now is Dolphin, the file manager. It tries to do everything but is just ever so slightly buggy in every w

It's great to see, though my main gripe with KDE right now is Dolphin, the file manager. It tries to do everything but is just ever so slightly buggy in every way, it can't run as root, and asks to confirm saving twice every single time when editing a networked file. As much as it is less featured and ugly, Nautilus was less annoying to use.

COGlory 3y ago
Dolphin is legitimately my favorite KDE program. My experience is that it's a phenomenal productivity tool. Being able to quickly open or close a terminal. How customizable the ordering and appearance and columns are. Easy to manipulate tabs. I think I can count on one hand having a root file manager would be beneficial. Are you logging into a desktop as root?
- binkHN 3y ago
  > Dolphin is legitimately my favorite KDE program. Happiness is clicking on a folder with lots of files, hitting forward slash, typing a search term, and instantly finding your file.
  - dizhn 3y ago
    I thought I didn't even have to hit / ? Perhaps that's in file picker mode.
    - dizhn 3y ago
      It is in file picker.
- moffkalast 3y ago
  > Are you logging into a desktop as root? Nah, but I would occasionally like to move things around outside of /home without doing it manually in the terminal. I'm not sure why that's such a problem.
  - kuschku 3y ago
    Dolphin can do that! You'll need to install kio-admin and you'll get an option to "open folder as root". After you authenticate, you'll be able to e.g. move files in /etc/ See https://invent.kde.org/system/kio-admin https://invent.kde.org/system/kio-admin for details. This will be included in dolphin natively in the near future.
    - codewiz 3y ago
      Thank you for the tip, didn't know that!
  - dotancohen 3y ago
    I promise not to tell you "you're doing it wrong" but I would love to know what your use case is. What files are you moving so often, and why? Thank you.
mikae1 3y ago
I've historically had a lot of problems with Dolphin too. It has gotten a lot better though. Try https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt as an alternative. It feels native in Plasma/Breeze and is more traditional. I like it.
ykonstant 3y ago
I wonder, why are more people not using Krusader? I understand it is a nuclear bomb for killing mosquitos, but with a bit of tweaking it can be fast and easy to use; plus, when you really need the big guns, you have them right there.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  I've been using KDE since the beginning, and have never heard of Krusader before reading your comment. Maybe I'm not the only one, and that's why? Looking at it quickly, it doesn't seem to be my cup of tea, but until now I didn't even know it was there to consider.

COGlory 3y ago

Dolphin is legitimately my favorite KDE program. My experience is that it's a phenomenal productivity tool. Being able to quickly open or close a terminal. How customizable the ordering and appearance and columns are. Easy to manipulate tabs. I think I can count on one hand having a root file manager would be beneficial. Are you logging into a desktop as root?

binkHN 3y ago
> Dolphin is legitimately my favorite KDE program. Happiness is clicking on a folder with lots of files, hitting forward slash, typing a search term, and instantly finding your file.
- dizhn 3y ago
  I thought I didn't even have to hit / ? Perhaps that's in file picker mode.
  - dizhn 3y ago
    It is in file picker.
moffkalast 3y ago
> Are you logging into a desktop as root? Nah, but I would occasionally like to move things around outside of /home without doing it manually in the terminal. I'm not sure why that's such a problem.
- kuschku 3y ago
  Dolphin can do that! You'll need to install kio-admin and you'll get an option to "open folder as root". After you authenticate, you'll be able to e.g. move files in /etc/ See https://invent.kde.org/system/kio-admin https://invent.kde.org/system/kio-admin for details. This will be included in dolphin natively in the near future.
  - codewiz 3y ago
    Thank you for the tip, didn't know that!
- dotancohen 3y ago
  I promise not to tell you "you're doing it wrong" but I would love to know what your use case is. What files are you moving so often, and why? Thank you.

mikae1 3y ago

I've historically had a lot of problems with Dolphin too. It has gotten a lot better though. Try https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt as an alternative. It feels native in Plasma/Breeze and is more traditional. I like it.

ykonstant 3y ago

I wonder, why are more people not using Krusader? I understand it is a nuclear bomb for killing mosquitos, but with a bit of tweaking it can be fast and easy to use; plus, when you really need the big guns, you have them right there.

JohnFen 3y ago
I've been using KDE since the beginning, and have never heard of Krusader before reading your comment. Maybe I'm not the only one, and that's why? Looking at it quickly, it doesn't seem to be my cup of tea, but until now I didn't even know it was there to consider.