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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you mind expanding a little on Directory Opus ? I always have four or five explorer windows open and I am constantly annoyed with the clunkiness of Windows explorer. I know there are a few alternatives but not sure how they compare.

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scriptable, dual explorer, dual tree, tabs for both explorers. Many built-in features like showing folder sizes, generally a lot of settings, it’s one of those tools that comes with a search function for its settings.

Just a lot of tiny things as well, like tabs can be locker to a folder (either allowing changes and resetting, or not allowing changes), and also linked (so clicking a certain tab in one explorer always opens up one in the other). I probably use only 5% of its capabilities :D

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for elaborating. I installed Free Commander in the meantime, see if it's enough for my use.

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me specifically, the killer feature was dual explorer with dual tree. At least at the time, no others supported that.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I dont think there's a dual tree in Free Commander... It's just the one tree for both panes. But there's a favourite list and that should cover most of my needs. Let's see. Cheers !