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Evanlec

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From: NH, USA

Registered: 2007-12-16

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Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

My vote is for Ranger !!
I loves it.

For gui I tend to like pcmanfm, though it doesnt have much that makes it stand out, i.e. thunar, nautilus etc are all extraordinarily similar

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GordonGR

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From: Thessaloniki, Greece

Registered: 2011-11-07

Posts: 276

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

I know you'll call me lame, but Dolphin and MC :-) So we have:

GUI
[1] Dolphin

CLI
[1] Ranger
[1] Midnight commander

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the.ridikulus.rat

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From: Indiana, USA

Registered: 2011-10-04

Posts: 765

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI: SpaceFM
CLI: Ranger

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SS4

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Registered: 2010-12-05

Posts: 699

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin

CLI
N/A (unless coreutils count)

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karabaja4

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-09-14

Posts: 1,001

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm

CLI
[2] Ranger
[1] Midnight commander

yaffare

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Registered: 2011-12-29

Posts: 71

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[1] krusader

CLI
[2] Ranger
[1] Midnight commander

Last edited by yaffare (2012-03-14 13:58:02)

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litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[1] krusader

CLI
[3] Ranger
[1] Midnight commander

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,252

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[2] krusader

CLI
[3] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander

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Unia

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2010-03-30

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] Dolphin
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[2] krusader
[1]Pcmanfm

CLI
[4] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander

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Onyros

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

Registered: 2007-10-11

Posts: 307

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2]PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM (very promising, though)
[1] qtfm

CLI
[5] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander

Last edited by Onyros (2012-03-14 14:39:03)

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

My favorite is Dolphin, Nautilus, Thunar, or Rox, depending on which DE or WM that I'm using at the time.

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splittercode

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From: WI, USA

Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 203

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM (very promising, though)
[1] qtfm

CLI
[5] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils

I took the liberty of including SS4's vote as well.  I don't believe anyone will object to including coreutils in this poll.

drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM (very promising, though)
[1] qtfm
[1] Thunar

CLI
[5] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils

Of course, I also use coreutils, but when I need a GUI file manager, I find that Thunar has a nice blend of features and not-trying-to-do-too-much. Also, the hammer icon has quite grown on me.

Last edited by drcouzelis (2012-03-14 16:30:30)

dmz

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-08-27

Posts: 881

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

vidir - apply vimfu on yo files

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shikitohno

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From: NY

Registered: 2011-09-17

Posts: 36

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[2] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM (very promising, though)
[1] qtfm
[1] Thunar

CLI
[5] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

Vifm works for me, once I change a couple settings.  Set some file associations, and change the default behaviour for deleting files from just moving them to a trash directory to actually using rm and getting rid of them, and I'm good to go.

xs

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From: San Jose, CA.

Registered: 2011-04-06

Posts: 92

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[3] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[1] Thunar

CLI
[5] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

Last edited by xs (2012-03-14 17:09:50)

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sitquietly

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From: On the Wolf River

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 220

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[3] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM
[1] qtfm
[1] Thunar
[1] ROX Filer

I've tried them all and can't find anything that integrates the command line and keyboard navigation into the gui like rox does.  pcmanfm or qtfm need to copy rox's minibuffer for navigation and command line (operates on the selection). Until then, rox is the best.

CLI
[6] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

For GUI:

1. Dolphin - You can't beat the configurability and range of options for me. It can be everything you want it to be. It's what I miss the the most away from KDE.
2. Thunar - my daily file manager, fast, reliable and pleasant. Once I discovered you could edit keyboard shortcuts, it became much more usable.

for CLI
1. coreutils

bohoomil

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Registered: 2010-09-04

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

Midnight Commander or $SHELL is all I need,

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Tillotson

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

Dired if I'm in emacs, otherwise just bash.

PReP

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Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

CLI: Bash->Coreutils.
GUI: SpaceFM

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anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[3] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM
[2] qtfm
[1] Thunar
[1] ROX Filer

CLI
[6] Ranger
[2] Midnight commander
[2] coreutils
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

Less dependencies than Thunar and its copy dialog window is not subject to getting tiled.

Jristz

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From: America/Santiago

Registered: 2011-06-11

Posts: 1,022

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[3] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[1] SpaceFM
[2] qtfm
[2] ROX Filer
[1] Thunar

CLI
[6] Ranger
[3] coreutils
[2] Midnight commander
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

Last edited by Jristz (2012-03-14 21:47:39)

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sonoran

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From: sonoran desert

Registered: 2009-01-12

Posts: 192

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
[3] PCManFM
[2] Dolphin
[2] krusader
[2] SpaceFM
[2] qtfm
[2] ROX Filer
[1] Thunar

CLI
[6] Ranger
[4] coreutils
[2] Midnight commander
[1] vidir
[1] vifm

6ng4n

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Registered: 2012-02-07

Posts: 84

Re: Poll: Favorite File Manager (GUI or CLI)

GUI
Dolphin

CLI
<3 coreutils