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Sujay1844

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Registered: 2021-01-29

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[SOLVED] File manager hunt

I have been on the hunt for a GUI file manager for a while now. But I've never found one that works for me.
My criteria:-

1. Has to be fast

2. Must be able to display different folders in different views. Ex: Detailed view for Downloads folder, Grid view for Pictures folder.

3. Must be able to sort files in different orders depending on the folder. Ex: "Desending by creation date" for ~/Downloads and "Ascending by Alphabetical order" for all others

4. Must have less dependencies for installation

5. Must not be a dead project

Disclaimer:These disadvantages are purely my opinion. No offense intended to anyone.

• Nautilus: doesn't satisfy many of the criteria.

• Thunar: doesn't have views for different folders.(Criterion-2)

• PCManFM: Same as Thunar

• Nemo: Slow load times. (I use wayland btw)

• SpaceFM: Same as Thunar

• Dolphin: This one was very close but too many dependencies.

Do you know something suitable for me??
Thanks in advance

Last edited by Sujay1844 (2021-04-13 07:59:47)

GaKu999

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

Well, you'll need then a file manager that uses a per directory configuration or a database which seems a sane option.
Haven't seen one, any thoughts about creating a plugin for a plugin capable file manager?

I wouldn't be surprised there is actually a plugin out there that does just this, it's quite a simple idea.

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Sujay1844

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

Oops..... lmao
https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/issu … 4586267483

Last edited by Sujay1844 (2021-04-13 08:01:27)

karabaja4

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

You might want to try qtfm from AUR, even though it's dead-ish and doesn't provide the ability to have different view types for specific folders, it might suit for the rest of the points.

Last edited by karabaja4 (2021-04-13 09:27:55)

Sujay1844

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

You might want to try qtfm from AUR, even though it's dead-ish and doesn't provide the ability to have different view types for specific folders, it might suit for the rest of the points.

thanks karabaja4 but I think I've found one that works for me. qtfm is good, I tried it

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

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f35f22fan

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Re: [SOLVED] File manager hunt

While you're at it you might wanna try out Cornus [1] which I wrote.
A person kindly agreed to package it but don't know if it made it [2] to Arch.

Has lots of features but only one (customizable) detailed view though.
It can sort files in different ways but doesn't remember the "per folder" feature - I'll probably implement it because I think it's useful.

[1] https://github.com/f35f22fan/Cornus
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cornus/

Last edited by f35f22fan (2021-04-14 01:50:44)