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I like Linux, I hate the app names. It's confusing as hell, especially if you are looking for some app that functions the way you imagine, then they name something weird like Nautilus instead of file explorer lmao.
For some reason people get all ways extra fabulous when they make open source Software and need a fancy name instead of a great descriptive one...
Or they could name it atleast nautilus the file explorer or something.
It's actually called "GNOME Files" nowadays. And it's had the moniker "File Manager" for ages in the desktop entries for most distros, even if the official name was "Nautilus".
I actually feel the other way around... if they had just called it "File Explorer" it'd come off as if they are getting "extra fabulous", because it implies the other file explorers are not really THE "File Explorer".
Imagine if when Google launched Chrome they had decided to name it "Web Browser" instead of "Google Chrome".
lol, thaat is so true. It's never just "File Explorer", is it?
But there are many file explorers availiable so if you install multiple then it will be a bunch of file explorers. Well pre installed one can be shown with the name "Files" like gnome does
yeah I know it's not the worst but organicmaps.org is the first that comes to my mind. I thought it was to find some organic veggies or whatever no mo it's an actual fork of maps.me that's basically better than it because it has no ads and no trackers and the same functionalities.
It doesn’t exactly help that there’s like 5-10 of each kind of thing.
For me personally, having 5-10 of everything is good. I find what I like the best and you find what you like best. It can make extra work, but if you subtract out all the time I'd spend fighting the windows UI or looking at ads and "recommended content", I think we may actually come out on the better end of things.
While it can be great for an end-user, it's a nightmare of tech support. It's just another reason why Linux will never be commonly used on PCs. It also leads to some applications missing critical features because there are three other programs like it, vying for the attention of programmers. For example, there are three applications for making it easier to run Windows applications on Linux - Lutris, PlayonLinux, and Bottles. Personally, I prefer Lutris, but it isn't always great about automatically installing dependencies, though it probably doesn't help that there are like a hundred Linux distributions.
I disagree that its a reason why linux will never be used commonly. Windows and macos both have the same issue and its never made things over complicated.
Right, but how many of those applications are limited to a single platform? Conversely, how many of them are commonly used?
Also, in addition to there being more than one FOSS application of a particular type, there are dozens of Linux distributions, window managers, and desktop environments. And this is with Linux usage being as low as it is. What is it, like 2%? Don't get me wrong, I love Linux and I've been using it in place of macOS for seven years. However, I do think there is at least some consolidation which could and should occur.
I still remember thinking, "wtf is a nano and why should i sudo it?"
I was a linux noob back in the day and was looking for a video converter or something but then the app is called handbrake lmao.
The KDE menu shows the package manager's description of each app below the name. I think you can swap it so the description is the highlighted name and the actual app name is smaller below it
I believe both Xfce and Cinnamon have a setting for generic app names: i.e. "Firefox" becomes "Web Browser" & "Nautilus" becomes "File Manager". I always thought this feature was great.
[side-eyes PCManFM]
I set up an alias for nautilus that's just "explore" and 10/10 very useful.