Comments on: Dolphin Review – Kubuntu’s Counterpart to Nautilus

By: Vikyboss

Vikyboss — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:45:52 +0000

Dolphin is from KDE not Kubuntu!

By: benny m

benny m — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:46:52 +0000

When I switch people from Windows, the file manager is never a problem. And Im referring to senior citizens.
They love the split screen.

It does what I need it to and most importantly is customizable so it looks like how I WANT it to look.

When I change the themes and colors of the desktop, I always check how it looks in Dolphin first simply because the file manager is so important.

A great program is one you use constantly and never think about it.
Dolphin.

(I came to Linux after it came to KDE)

By: Serge Stroobandt

Serge Stroobandt — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:44:22 +0000

Here is a recent Sunflower review:
http://www.unixmen.com/software/1747-finally-the-file-manager-of-your-dreams-spotlights-on-the-sunflower

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:33:52 +0000

A great look at what Dolphin does well, but I think you’re missing out on some of the great stuff! Like the ability to play music files from within the browser to preview them. The ability to rate items and add keywords. And built-in nepomuk search.

By: Serge Stroobandt

Serge Stroobandt — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:16:37 +0000

Even though I prefer Dolphin many times over Nautilus, I dissent to the view that Dolphin were the all-gratifying (dual-pane) filemanager. To achieve this status, it would need to:
1) Be able to change folder icons on sshfs mounts.
2) More importantly, be able to copy the path of one pane to the other pane at the click of a button, pretty much as is offered by the OS-independent Java filemanager http://www.mucommander.com/
Furthermore, it looks like I am not alone with my conviction: http://alternativeto.net/software/sunflower/?platform=linux
A promising emerging filemanager written in Python for the GNOME desktop is http://code.google.com/p/sunflower-fm/
Those frustrated with the current (poor) choice of filemanagers under Linux should really consider contributing to this project.
Talking about GNOME, a final annoyance for ex-Windows users coming over to a GNOME-distribution, is this still unresolved GTK+ filechooser widget problem:
“cannot copy, cut, paste, drag&drop, rename, delete”
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/144276

By: Simion

Simion — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:54:33 +0000

FTP integration is super useful and it is not so obvious for users(i used to use Filezilla until i found this feature)

By: Whites Spiral

Whites Spiral — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:17:25 +0000

If you change the column width, it changes back to its default after refreshing or going to a different directory. I haven’t found a way to keep the new setting. It pissed me off so much I left Dolphin and went back to Konqueror.

By: Miggs

Miggs — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:52:02 +0000

Nautilus is no match for Dolphin. I guess everyone agrees on that.

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[...] Dolphin Review – Kubuntu’s Counterpart to Nautilus Those of you who are using Kubuntu are already familiar with Dolphin, the default file manager shipped in most KDE distributions. There are several very good file managers for KDE, and I must include here Konqueror or Krusader, however Dolphin’s goal is to offer as much as possible functionality while also keeping lightweight and fast. And yes, it does it perfectly well, offering powerful features and a clean interface at the same time. [...]