What is a good file manager for Linux?

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4 points·yapcguy··6 comments

I wouldn't call PCManFM a "good" file manager. It's one of the consistently buggiest pieces of software I've used. Not major show stopping bugs, just a constant stream of minor problems every day with the occasional crash every few weeks.

Not even sure why people are using file manager anymore. I stop using one few months ago and I waste a lot less time clicking around. I don't feel a gui really help on the file management side of the computer world really.

The way I see is if you already know what you need to do to a certain set of files, then CLI would win any days, but there's still purpose for GUI, especially when you have to manipulate on an ambiguous set of files that are not necessary logically organized...

you're right on that, when the naming and placement of files are ambigous and not structured, gui file manager helps to find and organize. Actually not using a gui file manager forces you to get organized and finally choose a good naming convention and folder structure. I am still amaze how file/folder gui structre haven't evolved much since it's inception ~ still dreaming about a 3d tree of my file system ;)

>Not even sure why people are using file manager anymore

Browsing/sorting/deleting/moving pictures/movies quickly I have several HDD filled with multimedia content and sorting everything would be a pain in the ass without a graphical file manager.

Krusader is the best, at least according to some articles I read in the last years. I am using it for about a year and am very happy with it.

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