Opensource

1435 readers

80 users here now

A community for discussion about open source software! Ask questions, share knowledge, share news, or post interesting stuff related to it!

Credits

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

⠀

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

pylapp@programming.dev

best alternative to windows file explorer? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/opensource@programming.dev

33 comments fedilink hide all child comments

probably a long shot but are there any lightweight alternatives to windows file explorer for 2024?

i'm stuck on windows for now until the time comes to grab a new laptop. so sick of the default one in windows 11 though.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Surprisingly enough KDE's Dolphin

Nightly Installers on the bottom:

Windows

You'll want the bottom x86_64.exe👍

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That looks very interesting, gonna try it out in a VM later.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hope it works and is useful to you!🤗

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably won't be that useful for me, since I use Linux most of the time, but I'm thinking about new Linux users. If they could already start using all the KDE applications on Windows, the learning curve after switching to Linux would be much lower. I've also seen other KDE apps for Windows and macOS before, but had no idea this would also work with Dolphin.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

totally fair

I’ve also seen other KDE apps for Windows and macOS before, but had no idea this would also work with Dolphin.

IKR?
I just searched Dolphin as a potential recommendation as I knew that Okular works on Windows but I def wasn't expecting it to actually be possible (until yesterday) lol

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I think I've even seen Filelight on the Microsoft Store once

[–] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Had a great experience with Dolphin on the Steamdeck. It supports tabs which is a great positive over the Windows File Explorer imo. (I know the Windows 11 File Explorer also has tabs but I'd rather not touch Windows 11 with a ten foot pole.)