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I actually like the Windows file explorer. Used to be my favorite, before Dolphin. Nowadays I'd say Dolphin is slightly better overall, but could still use a change inspired by Windows or two. For instance, I really like the drive view on the Windows file explorer's home page.
In the newest versions, idk about older ones, dolphin lists all attached drives with a progress bar to show how full they are on the left panel, not too different from what youre suggesting, just built into the sidebar instead of a "my computer" type page.
Can recommend, Dolphin makes life on windows slightly more tolerable. Kate for Windows is also amazing
spent almost a decade straight on Win10 LTSC then switched to regular Win11 - I think Microsoft forgot how to make software. Vanilla edition is so bloated it is scary. Considering embracing Ubuntu.
I recommend Mint. It's basically ubuntu with the controversial stuff disabled (Canonical's snaps mostly, but I guess also any ads for their pro services) and with an extra layer of polish.
I'm happy with it for both the "I want something that works reliably" reasons and the "I'm an engineer who wants a free system that I can control and modify" reasons.
No windows 32 bit version?????? Lazy asses, it's just a checkbox! /s
I like Thunar better. There was something really minor about Dolphin I didn't like. Maybe it was the way it handled tags or something, I can't remember anymore.
Thunar = π
Although, the only reason I use it is because when i made the switch many moons ago, i was following this guy's tutorial on setting up i3 and he recommended thunar. Never looked back (although, at this point i think its more about the ui than any functional difference)
I kinda dislike Dolphin, but I also know it's very customizable and haven't dig into the options, so it's possible there's a version of it I like that I haven't found yet. If that makes sense.
For me is the tree view (like explorer), it doesn't feel comfortable and I can't put my finger on why. On Windows explorer it felt quicker (like on a practical level, not about performance).
But guess I gotta use it so... Dealing with it
Yeah, I miss Windows Explorer. Which I find really shocking. But I think it's just missing the accumulated years of muscle memory.
When I look up "Dolphin windows" I just get the wii emulator (I am clueless)
I know this is the wrong place to say this, but I really like the Windows Explorer. Dolphin is a good replacement, but it would be one of the few things I'd like to keep on Linux.
I just updated to Windows 11 and oh boy has it gotten worse when compared to 10...
The UI, useless spacing in between items, 2nd context menu, gigantic bars on top, the somehow missing create folder button, OneDrive Integration, "Pin to quick access" everywhere, freezing up when creating thumbnails, constantly somehow resetting the layout of the user home and I'm just getting started... But hey it got tabs now
I was a win10 user because I was forced to update from 7. So I got really annoyed when I saw the new context menu for dumdums. It's useless.
If I ever need to install windows 11, either on a virtual machine or for a family member, I run a script that returns the old context menu (and several others that remove a bunch of bloat and de-activate internet search on the searchbar)
At least on linux you have the choice. Somehow however, it seems so many people like to recreate or even worsen the windows experience. I guess Unixporn didnβt make it to lemmy, but half of those did not feel usable. Why would I want one inch wide gaps between everything?
Kde.org/apps
You can run lots of kde apps on Windows and Mac OS. I personally use Kate at work since it is far faster than VScode
There even is a konsole port in the works
Okular is the best PDF software for Windows, beating Adobe's own solution.
That is a pretty low bar.
I'm going to try to get Dolphin through security review at my company. QUICK everyone start listing reasons why my company should take on the risk of installing Dolphin.
You don't try company wide.
Prepare a feasibility study on the merits on giving choice to power users without sacrificing security or increasing complexity. A multi departmental working group should be established to review the merits of the new platform, while a control group should also be established to monitor how existing solutions perform.
Once completed a multi stage rollout plan should be compiled by a different multi departmental group to make sure all workflows are covered in the new system.
One million years later: "The study has been inconclusive."
So can Okular, but recently how well it works on windows has been getting worse and worse.
Dolphin is the best file manager of all time. Both linux and windows.
Good news is I could install this without admin priveleges at work. Bad news is that while it can see my onedrive folder it behaves very badly with onedrive, click on a folder and it just dissappears. It did the same thing with Google drive as well. Since cloud is where all my data lives it's not usable currently. =(