I have moved to Linux. Hopefully for a long time. Or even forever. Chose PikaOS with KDE. Based on Debian, but with latest kernels to improve gaming experience. And hopefully make it easier installing various Windows programs I need for work. Everybody got to start somewhere.

To be honest, I have tried Linux before with Ubuntu(back when those eee PC existed). I also used Manjaro and Arch. Even installed Arch without archinstall. Didn’t exist back then. But I have to say Linux has definitely improved a lot. Almost everything just worked now. To be fair. I don’t have nvidia gpu or Intel cpu anymore. Only AMD. So that could be part of why it went smoother.

One small annoyance I got was that my pc could not play from speakers when front audio port was connected by my headset. And now I need to figure out how to install Filemaker 19 pro on my PC. So I can work from home. Winehq is not encouraging

Can someone also recommend a really good replacement for Directory Opus but for Linux? Paid or free software do not matter. As long as it functions like Dopus does.

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    19 hours ago

    Which features of Opus do you specifically use that aren’t part of regular file managers? KDE’s file manager doesn’t do what you need? Other ones to try are Konqueror (probably the closest to Opus, it should be part of Debian’s repo: sudo apt install konqueror), PCManFM (also part of debian’s repo), Krusader, and Double Commander (found online, third party).

    As for Windows apps, do NOT try to run them via Wine. Even if they will install (unlikely most of the time), they will be crashy. Games work because they don’t use much of the Windows API, but apps do, and most of the API is not implemented under WINE. So your best bet is to run a Windows VM. You can setup a “spice” to share files between your VM and your Linux system, and then run these apps under a free version of Windows (you don’t have to pay for a license these days).

    • world_cavve@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      18 hours ago

      Regarding installing windows apps I figure I could do a docker installation and have windows inside it. And having winapps as the tool. https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps/

      As for Opus, tabbed work is better in it than Dolphin that is currently installed. I thought Konqueror was split in browser and the file manager years ago. That Dolphin is the replacement file manager. Unless I misunderstood something years ago(wouldn’t be first time).

      • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        18 hours ago

        Konqueror still has a file manager component that is not the same as Dolphin.

    • Feyd@programming.dev
      1·
      18 hours ago

      As for Windows apps, do NOT try to run them via Wine

      I wouldn’t say that’s totally fair. Just like proton with games, wine keeps getting better, and full support is really a case by case basis.

      • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        18 hours ago

        There are not many complex app that are stable under Wine. Notepad++ is so-so stable under it, but things like Affinity Photo is not. I don’t expect FilemakerPro to be either. And you don’t want to lose data with a crash… being a database and all.