▲ 115 ▼ What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by tatterdemalion@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don't like running shell commands? OK sorry for throwing shade. If you use one of these, honestly, what features do you use that make it worthwhile?
[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 30 points 2 years ago (2 children) I use them for filemanagement on my server over ssh permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh very good idea. I didn't even consider this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tsz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genuinely curious what you did consider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) My daily driver. I hit the terminal a lot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) I think -- though I was not one of them -- that that's how people tended to use OFMs in their heyday. Like, my "home" program, the program that I'm doing most other things from, is bash, whereas I think for a lot of people on DOS systems, it was an OFM rather than command.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent [–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What is the advantage over using SFTP with Nautilus/Dolphin/… ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago It's faster. Because I have to move directorys relatively often from different drives on my server and nemo seems to be moving the files to my local machine before moving them to their right location on the server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh very good idea. I didn't even consider this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tsz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genuinely curious what you did consider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) My daily driver. I hit the terminal a lot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) I think -- though I was not one of them -- that that's how people tended to use OFMs in their heyday. Like, my "home" program, the program that I'm doing most other things from, is bash, whereas I think for a lot of people on DOS systems, it was an OFM rather than command.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tsz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genuinely curious what you did consider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) My daily driver. I hit the terminal a lot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) I think -- though I was not one of them -- that that's how people tended to use OFMs in their heyday. Like, my "home" program, the program that I'm doing most other things from, is bash, whereas I think for a lot of people on DOS systems, it was an OFM rather than command.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) My daily driver. I hit the terminal a lot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) I think -- though I was not one of them -- that that's how people tended to use OFMs in their heyday. Like, my "home" program, the program that I'm doing most other things from, is bash, whereas I think for a lot of people on DOS systems, it was an OFM rather than command.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) I think -- though I was not one of them -- that that's how people tended to use OFMs in their heyday. Like, my "home" program, the program that I'm doing most other things from, is bash, whereas I think for a lot of people on DOS systems, it was an OFM rather than command.com. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago When I was a kid, it was Norton Commander permalink fedilink source parent
[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What is the advantage over using SFTP with Nautilus/Dolphin/… ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago It's faster. Because I have to move directorys relatively often from different drives on my server and nemo seems to be moving the files to my local machine before moving them to their right location on the server. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago It's faster. Because I have to move directorys relatively often from different drives on my server and nemo seems to be moving the files to my local machine before moving them to their right location on the server. permalink fedilink source parent