From: vallor@vallor.earth
At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:49:22 -0500, DFS wrote:
> On 1/16/2026 10:22 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>
> > You should take a look at what the Start menu looks like in Linux Mint
> > 22.3. It's basically Windows 7 without all of the ads and needless garbage
> > Microsoft adds to ruin the experience of using our computer.
>
>
> The Win11 Start Menu has a 'Microsoft Store' icon, and if you play
> Casual Games you'll see 3rd party ads/videos every so often. But that's
> all the advertising I've ever seen in Windows 11.
>
> I only consider MS Store an ad because it sells MS and 3rd party
> products for a price.
>
>
> > Like I said, it's just a matter of time before you become an advocate
> > yourself.
>
> Keep hope alive!
>
> The ONLY reasons I would ever switch are: boredom, a new tinkertoy, or
> to learn Linux more in depth
>
>
> I have an in-class exercise for you:
>
> What file manager do you use on Linux/Pop_OS!? cosmic-files, thunar,
> Dolphin, Nautilus?
>
> Whatever it is, open 3 or more instances/windows of it (not 3 tabs in
> the same window), arrange the windows left to right on your desktop, and
> navigate to the same directory in all instances.
>
> In any instance, rename a directory (usually F2 to edit) and hit Enter.
> What happens to the directory name shown in the other instances?
>
> Try other file / directory operations:
> * create a new file
> * delete a file
> * create a new folder
> * delete a folder
> * using a 3rd party app, modify a file and look for a change to the
> 'date modified' timestamp
>
> On Windows, the effects of file and folder operations executed in - or
> outside - any open instance of the file manager are immediately or very
> quickly reflected in all open instances of the file manager.
>
> I did all these tests with 5 instances of File Explorer open (and used
> Windows Terminal, Excel 2003, Notepad++, Python and SQLite to make file
> / folder changes), and Windows got an A+++ on every test.
>
> Operation Change seen in 5 File Explorers
> ---------------------------------- --------------------------------
> * file and folder creation and
> deletion using File Explorer instantaneous
> * create / delete file or folder
> using Windows Terminal ~1 second
> * Python script to bulk-rename
> 210 folders ~1 second
> * delete table from SQLite database
> using the SQLite Studio app ~1 second
> * save new Excel spreadsheet ~1 second
> * modify existing Excel spreadsheet ~1 second
> * save new text file with Notepad++ ~1 second
>
> You can see the type of 3rd party app doesn't matter - after the app
> commits the file change, Windows takes about 1 second to recognize the
> file change and update the screen. What's interesting is all 5
> instances of File Explorer show the new information concurrently - if it
> is updating consecutively it happens too fast for your eyes to see.
>
> screen looked like this during my testing
> https://imgur.com/ONjFfQr
>
>
> I'm curious if your GuhNoo file manager works the same, or if you have
> to hit F5 (or whatever) to refresh it to show the updated information.
> If so, do you have to refresh each open instance, one by one?
Using Thunar, updates immediately.
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