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We started with Linux around the same time, and I remember how awesome Gnome 2 was on Warty Warthog or whatever old release. At the time, the Windows Start menu was a convoluted mess of folders, uninstallers, readme files, etc. Gnome listed my programs more or less in alphabetical order with one icon each in logical categories. It was so simple, I explored every crevice of it and remember thinking "is this it?". It was and I soon learned that it was not just simpler, but more powerful and user friendly in various ways. I have moved to KDE since then, but it is absolutely the enshitification of Windows that pushed me here.
Out of curiosity, what do you consider a decent file manager? Dolphin is my favorite currently because I almost always have two panes open, but I've been looking for something even better since I also spend a lot of time working with files.
Dolphin is AFAIK by far the best file manager on Linux. And it is more than decent.
By decent I just mean ability to do basic stuff, like open terminal in current directory, create symbolic links, having detailed list view as default, open root instance, easy switching between 1 and 2 panels, tabs for quick navigation between multiple directories. Easy access to removable drives.
But I think almost all file managers for Linux have all that now. I'm currently using Thunar because I'm using XFCE, but I recently configured a laptop with KDE for a friend, and I must admit, I'm strongly considering going back to KDE. It was just such a pleasant experience to work with, my only gripe is that I can't make shortcuts on the numeric keypad, and I use that for window tiling.
It's such a weird omission in KDE/QT, that it doesn't recognize the numpad properly? If they have fixed that, I'll go back to KDE instantly.
I hear you on the tiling. I wish my window arrangement on KDE was more keyboard based. As it is, I end up dragging and resizing across multiple monitors and workspaces.
Yes, it's such a weird thing QT doesn't support numerical keyboard?