16 Aug
2018
16 Aug
'18
6:28 a.m.
On Wednesday 15 August 2018 13:17:00 Felix Miata wrote:
William Morder composed on 2018-08-15 11:27
(UTC-0700):
I haven't used MC very much, but I might consider exploring more. Other file
managers I've tried are Dolphin (which I dislike, but it has its uses),
Nautilus and PCManFM, which are both pretty good, but not as functional as
Konqueror. I don't like the fact that Konqueror is *also* a web browser; I
would prefer that it is one or the other. But in any case, I disable it as a
web browser.
Actually, I myself am satisfied with Konqueror as a file manager, as I only
use it in list view, with details, and don't bother with tree views,
thumbnails, etc. However, I try to look at things sometimes from other
people's viewpoints, and I can see how they might wish for some other
features. And what I like about TDE is that it is flexible and adaptable
enough that we can each configure it to serve our individual purposes.
OS/2, now there's a blast from the past! I never used it myself, but I have
some friends who still pine away for OS/2.
Bill
On 15 August 2018 14:14 (UTC-0400) Pisini, John
wrote:
> ...My only real issue is Konq is it always gets confused in tree view
> and>> mixes my external disks into the tree which is goofy as heck and
> makes moving tons of files beyond clunky.
...
...maybe it will spur them to create something
new to replace Konqueror.
Have either of you considered something old to replace your use of Konq as
file manager? KDE3[1] has been my primary Linux desktop since day one of
using a Linux GUI, and I've /never/ used Konq as a file manager (not
counting when it opens on USB stick or OM insertion, where I allow it to
open as a mount/umount facility).
OFMs[2] predate Konq by well over a decade. Without any OFM in Linux I
probably would still have been using OS/2 until 2-3 years ago (when
mozilla.org products for OS/2 got too far behind to catch up and had to be
forked).
I (constantly) use two OFMs, MC, which all distros provide, many by
default, and FC/L[3]. MC runs on the vttys same as it does in Konsole, so
same if you find yourself in a rescue boot as normally).
[1] TDE has been on several PCs here for several years, and most likely
will replace KDE4 as primary within the next 5-6 months.
[2] http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/Paradigm/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_file_manager
[3] http://silk.apana.org.au/fc.html