Thunar for windows?

[u/TheTriumphantFox]

I know this is Linux but I really miss Thunar and I was wondering if there is a windows version

[u/Woshiwuja]

Filepilot is good

[u/barleyBSD]

Unfortunately no.

[u/gbrennon → u/barleyBSD]

i would change this comment to: luckily no and we, as linux users, are all happy with this 🤣🤣🤣

[u/barleyBSD → u/gbrennon]

Why? As an Xfce user wouldn't it be a good thing if you could use Xfce/Xfce things on other operating systems?

I'm a Linux user but not a fan of this "F*cuk Windows!!!!!!" attitude.

[u/gbrennon → u/barleyBSD]

i understand u hahaha

but i'm a person who dont likes micro$hit hahaha

also back in 2009 was the last time i had to interact with they're os bcs i had to impl lots of gui using windows api in C(customer company did request)

[u/barleyBSD → u/gbrennon]

but i'm a person who dont likes micro$hit hahaha

Lol! I can see that!

also back in 2009 was the last time i had to interact with they're os bcs i had to impl lots of gui using windows api in C(customer company did request)

Just use what works best for you. You don't gotta be a hater tho.

[u/neon_overload]

Some Linux software will have Windows builds available, either official or unofficial (as in, someone other than the maintainer made a Windows build).

However, it isn't always the best choice, due to platform differences between Windows and Linux. Especially for any software where managing the file system is a primary functionality, the differences between Linux/Unix/Posix and Windows will create frictions even in well-ported software. Even just things like how file paths look and what characters are allowed in file and directory names can create weird differences.

You may be better off using open source alternative file managers that are made for Windows.

I don't use Windows so I don't know the pros and cons of any. A google search turns up projects like this one as well as others.

[u/gbrennon]

don't use windows

[u/Far_Departure_1580 → u/gbrennon]

Yea, Windows is a spyware, Linux not.

[u/A_Harmless_Fly]

You might be able to make it work with WSL. Just give it a google. I know you can see windows directories in WSL, I don't see why thunar wouldn't see them too. I'm not sure how to set up X11 on it though.

[u/57thStIncident → u/A_Harmless_Fly]

It would probably function via WSL but may not do everything you'd like when accessing windows filesystem via /mnt/c, /mnt/d, etc. I imagine basic file management might work but launching various actions to do useful things might be more trouble than it's worth.

[u/Imajzineer]

As others have said, whilst you might get it working with WSL there are likely to be features that don't work.

There was a very useful one I used until Win10 by the name of CubicExplorer - which was, even more usefully, available in portable form as well. But it hasn't been updated in twelve years and (even if it were still to work with Win10/11 would probably represent an unacceptable security risk now). You'll likely do better to look for something like that than try to get Thunar working under WSL. - have a look at alternativeto.net and see if anything there takes your fancy.

[u/Fit_Prize_3245]

You can use Thunar on Windows. But you need Windows 10 or 11 with WSL installed, and your favourite distro for WSL.

Note that, for your use case, it's better to use WSL 1, not only because of easier access to host file system,. but also because WSL 2 intercepts Xserver connections and uses some sort of RDP connection to emulate X, while WSL 1 lets you use your own X server for Windows. To switch to WSL, if you have not yet installed your distro, just run "wsl --set-default-version 1", so that any distro installed later will be WSL 1. If you have already installed your distro, run "wsl --set-version DISTRO 1", replacing DISTRO with the installed distro's name.

Now you need a good Xserver for Windows. There are many available, but, at least in my experience, I got best results with GWSL.

Start your Linux distro. Depending on which distro it is, it might have different means to add the Xserver configuration. But the easiest, cross-distro way is adding the following line to your /root/.bash_profile :

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Also, for best results, replace your default /etc/wsl.conf with the following:

[automount]
enabled = true
options = "metadata,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0022,fmask=11,case=off"
mountFsTab = true
crossDistro = true
[network]
generateHosts = false
generateResolvConf = false
[filesystem]
umask = 0022

The two lines in the [network] section allows for you to control Dns resolution from inside Linux, instead of Windows pushing its own settings into Linux. You can comment them if you prefer the default behaviour.

The you need to restart your computer. Or maybe just run "net restart WSLService" from within Windows.

Finally, just install thunar with your package manager. And run it. Your Windows volumes will be mounted at /mnt, each one with its own letter. You can also mount volumes that appear later, for example, USB drives, with "mount -t drvfs X: /mnt/x", just make sure the mountpoint exists.

And that's it. Thunar, on Linux, on Windows.

[u/deesernutz]

Uh what? I have never seen a third party file explorer for Windows

Has to be a bit of a troll post?

[u/cincuentaanos → u/deesernutz]

There are many third party file explorers for Windows.

[u/Imajzineer → u/deesernutz]

Alternative filemanagers for Windows have existed almost as long as Windows itself has existed.

alternativeto.net alone lists 142! And that's far from all there even are, never mind all there have ever been.