On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:00:35 +0100 Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sep 14, 2013 7:21 AM, "Nick Sabalausky" < > seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote: > > > > Heh, I'm sort of the opposite. I've been using Windows from 3.11 > > through 7, and from Vista onward I've started to really hate Windows > > more and more (If I wanted to be running a Mac, I'd have gotten a > > Mac, not two versions of "New Windows: Apple-Envy Edition" followed > > by "Microsoft UI-Of-The-Month Club"). > > > > Meanwhile, I've been using Linux more and more for testing and > > servers, and I'm looking at switching my main OS over to...probably > > Debian 7, with wine and VirtualBox for the occasional things that > > don't come in Linux flavor. I just wish I could get a Linux file > > manager I liked. > > > > It's not as if window's file manager is any good. :o) > It certainly isn't anymore :( It took a nosedive in Vista and then never got any better. And even in XP (and Vista/7, too, and presumably 8) it's terribly inefficient at handling reasonable numbers of files/directories. The cmd prompt can query and display the names/attributes of hundreds of files in the blink of an eye. Why does Explorer often need to sit and wait for several seconds for a even fraction as many? It's not *that* graphically intensive. But I love XP Explorer's UI. (YMMV)