Directory Opus on Linux

Probably all the API hooking we have to do to make dark mode work in Windows, since Microsoft failed to implement a real dark mode themselves. I could see that causing problems with something that tries to re-implement the Windows API.

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So far my best solution has been Nemo. Krusader was okay, but not quite as polished as I'd like. Nemo is 2nd only to Dolphin, but I have issues with dolphin in gnome. Though neither is a perfect replacement for DOpus. Check out Nemo's split view mode.

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It might be true that it's Api hooking. Then I'm a little curious if it's just these Api hooking that do it and that you can run dopus.exe -nohooking in wine after you've used your magic wands :wink:
I know you can't support Linux/Wine but I always have hope :smiley:

We're also using some of those hooks to fix other bugs/shortcomings in the OS now, so it's not easily possible to remove them.

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I totally understand that. You probably have to do a lot of tweaking and tinkering to get things working. Windows is an okay OS but certainly not perfect. :slight_smile: Only the Amiga OS was perfect :wink:

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Good point, when is Directory Opus 13 coming to the Amiga? /s

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Is there a reasonably working Wine working for Mac? If so, then maybe some small tweaks/polishing to gain more compatibility with Wine could get Opus relatively usable on both Linux and MacOS. On business level I doubt it could drive Opus sales, though.

There is a solution which works. Get a cheap windows PC and then link it to your mac or linux computer just like you do with an android phone or external hard drive. The problem is you want it directly on Linux or Mac and that is not possible due to each operating system requiring the program to be tweaked to it. Basically if the developers move to a GUI that is universal on Windows and Mac and put in a detection system so that it recognises the OS of the machine and chooses the version / commands that work on that OS, then it might work. However improvements and new features would be painfully slow , as you have to update all OS related features at the same time and that would take years to do with the size of the team Directory Opus have. Personally I would switch to a PC as it is what most people around the world use and develop for. Ask yourself this what can't you do on a PC that you can do on a Mac or Linux and you will find you can do the virtually the same if not more on the PC.

Lmao your solution to wanting a single program is to "switch to windows" :joy:

I switched to Linux for many reasons, all of which are more important than having a perfect file browser.

Ask yourself this what can't you do on a PC that you can do on a Mac or Linux and you will find you can do the virtually the same if not more on the PC.

I have used windows for most of my life and I am well aware of what it can or can't do. I did not accidentally find myself on linux one day with no strong opinion about what operating system I'm using.

You have answered your own question about having this program on Linux. You said you only want this program. Directory opus relies on other components not found on Linux to operate the way it does. Why do you think the file managers on Linux do not operate like Dopus, reason they haven't created the work arounds to do so cause it is very time consuming to make them and maintain them.
What version of Linux do you use and why did you chose that over Windows?

If your looking back at any windows software asking should it be on Linux doesn't that tell you something?