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

submitted 4 days ago by cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/opensource@programming.dev

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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.

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[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 days ago

Surprisingly enough KDE's Dolphin

Nightly Installers on the bottom:

Windows

You'll want the bottom x86_64.exe👍

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

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

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

hope it works and is useful to you!🤗

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

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 3 days ago

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