Nemo: I can't move to search results without the mouse. This is unacceptable in 2026... But at least it has Meld as an awesome file-compare plugin in the Software Manager. However, it has no audio statistics and can't view audio metadata in file properties.
Thunar: I can select search results by keyboard, but I can't cut and paste files from an external drive to the internal drive; for some reason "Paste" is grayed out. It has no "open as root" folder feature, but I can at least cut regardless in Nemo without root access.
Yazi: I can't even install it because sudo apt install snapd, which seems to be a prerequisite to getting it on here, is yielding:
Package snapd is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package 'snapd' has no installation candidate
I had bad experiences with Double Commander and Dolphin on Windows; it was just harder to do stuff and the context menus felt lacking. Are they still worth trying?
9 Comments
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 86d
I'd give dolphin a try. I know it can cut/paste across drives, I did that the other day.
However, I'm not sure about the search issue. I use my mouse heavily because it's faster for me.
It's always worth trying something you haven't used on Linux yet, and it's often worth trying something you haven't used in a while since updates exist.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 85d
One more vote for Dolphin. KDE apps let you define custom keyboard shortcuts, so OP might be able to create one for focusing the search box
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 1 pts · 85d
I just want to be able to tab over from the query field to the results. It's insane that Nemo doesn't have this. I'll revisit Dolphin, thanks.
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 86d
Dolphin is great. PCManFM is also stellar.
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 2 pts · 85d
Thanks, I don't think I either heard or remembered that last one!
adarza@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 85d
for what it's worth, i just did all this in dolphin with just the keyboard: keyword search in ~, navigated results, picked a range of files, copied to clipboard, navigated to a secondary drive and directory on it, and pasted those files.
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 1 pts · 84d
I'm having difficulty putting it in dark mode on Mint Cinnamon... any ideas?
tatterdemalion@programming.dev · 6 pts · 86d
Try following the official installation instructions: https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/installation/#debian
Or if that doesn't work, build from source. Build Rust projects from source is generally pretty easy.
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 1 pts · 79d
It's okay, I guess; Nemo is good enough for now (and Nemo Compare is absolutely essential to resolving my Syncthing conflicts anyway)... but thanks for the find and idea.