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To be fair, cd folder/folder is also instant in a command line in Windows, it's just the GUI aspects that are slow. Comparing Windows Explorer to a terminal is
by prodigalknight 3mo ago
To be fair, cd folder/folder is also instant in a command line in Windows, it's just the GUI aspects that are slow. Comparing Windows Explorer to a terminal is comparing apples to oranges.
- bayindirh 3mo agoI don't think so. Windows is a GUI first OS, and Linux is a CLI first (or even CLI native) OS. You can't open a command line window in Windows without loading more than half of the desktop stack. In that sense, when a terminal (running on a desktop environment) in Linux is faster than Windows Explorer, it's a shame. When a big file explorer like Dolphin drives circles around native file explorer of Windows, that's a big ole embarrassment.
- pjmlp 2mo agoExplorer used to be fast, when it was a pure Win32/COM application. Then came the rewrite to adopt WinUI elements, and WinRT as well,.....
- bayindirh 2mo agoI know. I used to spend countless nights on older Windows versions, you know, when I was young(er). Now I know better and don't use that thing as a daily driver for... 20 years now? :D