GNOME Files
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GNOME Files, formerly known as Nautilus, is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.
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- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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It's uncluttered and easy to use, like most GNOME software. The search function works well, it has tabs, and supports network storage nicely.
As a consequence of being simple, it doesn't have as many features and options as other file managers, but that's a personal choice for you to make. I like Gnome Files for daily use and use the terminal if I need something very specific.
The devs removed the tree view and overall reduced the functionality. If you are not an old mom with a touch-device Nautilus surely in not your choice.
Admitted: Nautilus was ok 5 years ago.
It's not as expandable as Dolphin, for eg. but does his job kinda well. UI/UX are well integrated to GNOME.
The Detailed Type isn't a replacement because it will render all new formats as binary.
Advanced users can install new MIME types as workaround with xdg-mime from xdg-utils but this can be a real problem if new file formats are mostly private or proprietary or doesn't have MIME yet.
AppleTalk afp:// File Transfer Protocol ftp:// or ftps:// Network File System nfs:// Samba smb:// SSH File Transfer Protocol sftp:// or ssh:// WebDAV dav:// or davs://
GNOME nautilus 42.1.1 can open files with one key now: Enter by default.
Useless without a directory tree view.
"Allow folders to be expanded" is disabled by default.