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Registered: 2013-11-15

Posts: 4

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

GUI
    [39] Thunar
    [37] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [100] coreutils
    [50] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Kartious

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From: UK

Registered: 2013-03-23

Posts: 311

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

GUI
    [39] Thunar
    [38] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [100] coreutils
    [50] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

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orschiro

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

GUI
    [40] Thunar
    [38] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [100] coreutils
    [50] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

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Papun

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Registered: 2013-08-05

Posts: 14

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

GUI
    [41] Thunar
    [38] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [100] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Last edited by Papun (2013-11-27 10:08:22)

hariskar

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From: Greece/Kavala

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 185

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

GUI
    [42] Thunar
    [38] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [100] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Last edited by hariskar (2015-10-03 07:40:20)

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nonfictive

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Registered: 2015-10-03

Posts: 19

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

For my cli I like ranger aswell,
then spacefm for gui

jasonwryan

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

It's a poll: please fix your post.

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raul_l

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From: Amsterdam

Registered: 2014-11-04

Posts: 58

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

GUI
    [42] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [101] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

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qyprg

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Registered: 2015-09-24

Posts: 13

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

GUI
    [43] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [102] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Last edited by qyprg (2015-10-06 15:58:13)

exidux

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From: Your screen.

Registered: 2014-09-19

Posts: 59

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

GUI
    [44] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] emacs dired
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [102] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

My favourites are Thunar and PCmanFM, but i do not know if double voting is allowed so i cast a vote for Thunar.

Last edited by exidux (2015-10-13 03:14:55)

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

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

@ exidux, you can vote for as many as you like.

pdc

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Registered: 2015-05-30

Posts: 34

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

GUI
    [45] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [103] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [2] Marlin
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

mauritiusdadd

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From: Benevento, Italy

Registered: 2013-10-27

Posts: 776

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

GUI
    [45] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [13] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [104] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

--edit per comment below:

@raul_l#264: Thank you for reporting the issue, I'm really surprised that nobody noticed it (myself included) until now. I fixed the formatting error introduced in post #164 (hopefully without introducing new errors ). Regarding the emacs dired entry, I'm not sure how to classify it: For what I know, emacs can be run either using the terminal interface or using its own GUI window. I left it in the GUI section for now, but if there is some more familiar with emacs which thinks it should be moved to the CLI section then please do it.

Last edited by mauritiusdadd (2015-10-13 18:54:24)

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raul_l

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From: Amsterdam

Registered: 2014-11-04

Posts: 58

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

I think emacs dired qualifies more as a CLI. Also, there has been an error copying the data from post #163 to #164.

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betseg

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2015-04-25

Posts: 182

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

GUI
    [45] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [26] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [14] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [104] coreutils
    [51] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Google Drive integration thing.

raul_l

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From: Amsterdam

Registered: 2014-11-04

Posts: 58

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

Regarding the emacs dired entry, I'm not sure how to classify it: For what I know, emacs can be run either using the terminal interface or using its own GUI window. I left it in the GUI section for now, but if there is some more familiar with emacs which thinks it should be moved to the CLI section then please do it.

In my view, a GUI has clickable icons and other widgets. In emacs dired you can indeed click on the file names but that kind of interaction is quite limited. Most commands need to be entered from keyboard. It's like starting a shell session in emacs - it doesn't turn coreutils into a GUI.

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cammyman50

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Registered: 2014-06-01

Posts: 48

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

CLI: Ranger

GUI: PCmanfm

mauritiusdadd

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From: Benevento, Italy

Registered: 2013-10-27

Posts: 776

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

@cammyman50: this is a poll, please edit your post and respect the formatting

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thedarer

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-10-27

Posts: 1

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

GUI
    [46] Thunar
    [39] Dolphin
    [27] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [14] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [105] coreutils
    [52] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Note; Added vote for cammyman50

riggt

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Registered: 2015-10-20

Posts: 21

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

I use Nautilus because I am bland. On the command line I just ls, mv, cd, cp, and all of that because really, what else do you need from life?

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Alad

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

this is a poll, please edit your post and respect the formatting

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Trinakrian

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From: Acushnet, MA

Registered: 2014-10-13

Posts: 26

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

GUI
    [46] Thunar
    [40] Dolphin
    [27] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [14] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [105] coreutils
    [53] ranger
    [24] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu

Last edited by Trinakrian (2015-10-27 18:16:07)

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x33a

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

I use Nautilus because I am bland. On the command line I just ls, mv, cd, cp, and all of that because really, what else do you need from life?

cat, you need cat.

chaonaut

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From: Kyiv, Ukraine

Registered: 2014-02-05

Posts: 382

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

GUI
    [47] Thunar
    [40] Dolphin
    [27] PCManFM
    [21] SpaceFM
    [14] Nautilus
    [9] Krusader
    [8] ROX Filer
    [3] Xfe
    [3] nemo
    [3] Sunflower
    [2] qtfm
    [2] Marlin
    [2] emacs dired
    [1] caja
    [1] meld
    [1] gnome-commander
    [1] Konqueror
    [1] Enlightenment File Manager
    [1] muCommander
CLI
    [105] coreutils
    [53] ranger
    [25] Midnight Commander
    [6] vifm
    [3] vidir
    [1] gitfm
    [1] vfu
    [1] rsync

• in fact, i use GUI file manager (i.e. thunar) only for such things as accessing MTP devices or convenient browsing of samba shares on the local network.

• for regular file/directory operations, midnight commander forever.
i'm also a great fan of its built-in editor.

• for copying big files or recursive copying of directories, even locally, i definitely prefer rsync (due to heavy usage of hard links on my drives, but not only).

• i'm not a fan of Enlightenment FM, despite the fact that i'm the great fan of Enlightenment DE.

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Alad

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

Well, it's all about personal preference, but I have to wonder...

for regular file/directory operations, midnight commander forever.
i'm also a great fan of its built-in editor.

Why? How?

Last edited by Alad (2015-10-28 21:21:06)

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