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You can always go KDE. In file management however, Dolphin is still an awkward kid compared to Konqueror, but hey, it's still there.

Elv13 13y ago
Dolphin is probably the best file manager out there. The grouped view and meta data sorting is something that was really missing in the old Konqueror (and every other FM on Linux). The new (4.8+) display engine speed, agility and animations are also quite amazing. Of course, as I developer, I enjoyed more than once Konqueror ability to open everything inline (from remote servers), but this is not missing from Dolphin. You can still use KIO, tabs and (limited) splits. The interface is overall better. Not being able to open files inline is not very relevant (Okular is there for that).
adamors 13y ago
> Dolphin is still an awkward kid compared to Konqueror Are you kidding? Dolphin is probably the best graphical file manager in existence. It's streets ahead of anything on Linux, OS X or Windows. The only thing I miss on OS X is actually Dolphin.
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  Well, it has no menu and I have trouble typing KIO urls into it. Maybe I'm old school?
  - anonymous 13y ago
    1. Every kde application has a menu and if it's hidden you can show it with ctrl-m (alright, not the most discoverable shortcut, but it is there) 2. Press the "control" button on the toolbar for a menu when hidden. 3. You're right about KIO urls. Dolphin is also very fast. Even if you have enabled thumbnails for files and open a folder containing thousands of images it shows all files instantly and loads up the thumbnails in the background. I can't remember Nautilus ever doing it like that, though in fairness I stopped using Gnome when 2.2 took away the "launch terminal" option from the desktop's context menu.
- gizmo686 13y ago
  >It's streets ahead of anything on Linux, OS X or Windows. I doubt that. If you are running Ubuntu, try running "sudo apt-get install dolphin && dolphin"
jamesbritt 13y ago
In file management however, Dolphin is still an awkward kid compared to Konqueror, but hey, it's still there. Or use Trinity's KDE3.5 and live the full Konqueror experience.

Elv13 13y ago

Dolphin is probably the best file manager out there. The grouped view and meta data sorting is something that was really missing in the old Konqueror (and every other FM on Linux). The new (4.8+) display engine speed, agility and animations are also quite amazing. Of course, as I developer, I enjoyed more than once Konqueror ability to open everything inline (from remote servers), but this is not missing from Dolphin. You can still use KIO, tabs and (limited) splits. The interface is overall better. Not being able to open files inline is not very relevant (Okular is there for that).

adamors 13y ago

> Dolphin is still an awkward kid compared to Konqueror Are you kidding? Dolphin is probably the best graphical file manager in existence. It's streets ahead of anything on Linux, OS X or Windows. The only thing I miss on OS X is actually Dolphin.

guard-of-terra 13y ago
Well, it has no menu and I have trouble typing KIO urls into it. Maybe I'm old school?
- anonymous 13y ago
  1. Every kde application has a menu and if it's hidden you can show it with ctrl-m (alright, not the most discoverable shortcut, but it is there) 2. Press the "control" button on the toolbar for a menu when hidden. 3. You're right about KIO urls. Dolphin is also very fast. Even if you have enabled thumbnails for files and open a folder containing thousands of images it shows all files instantly and loads up the thumbnails in the background. I can't remember Nautilus ever doing it like that, though in fairness I stopped using Gnome when 2.2 took away the "launch terminal" option from the desktop's context menu.
gizmo686 13y ago
>It's streets ahead of anything on Linux, OS X or Windows. I doubt that. If you are running Ubuntu, try running "sudo apt-get install dolphin && dolphin"

jamesbritt 13y ago

In file management however, Dolphin is still an awkward kid compared to Konqueror, but hey, it's still there. Or use Trinity's KDE3.5 and live the full Konqueror experience.