Out of all the Amiga tools out there, for me, the most useful of them all, is - without a doubt - DirectoryOpus v4.16. I would not survive without it!
#Amiga #Commodore #DOPUS #DirectoryOpus #RetroComputing #90s #80s #Oldschool #FileManager #Emulation #WinUAE
I am checking out a few Amiga disk images and I gotta admit: This one had me confused for a bit.
As shown in the attached screenshot of DirectoryOpus, I had found a savegame with a file date "older" than the game it originated from. At first, I thought this to be very unusual. Then I remembered: Back in the day, Amigas did not usually have a real-time clock with a battery backup, so every time you booted up the system, the clock would be reset to a fixed date and time!
I'm feeling kinda stupid right now.
#Amiga #Commodore #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroGaming #DirectoryOpus #AmigaOS #AmigaDOS #SimCity
BTW, Directory Opus have an account on Bluesky. They don't seem to have a Mastodon/fedi account linked on their site, but eh. Bluesky is good enough for me. :3
Giving Directory Opus a go on my Windows install. I used Directory Opus years ago when I was at university (yes I'm aware it was an Amiga tool as well) but I wasn't really worried about that until recently.
I don't wanna lose the split view I was using from KDE's Dolphin and from first impressions, this does the job and then some.
@kaybee335 I think, i've figured it out - with a little help from (incogni-)Copilot - 👀 see truncated result, screenshot. DuckDuckGo showed me a bunch of example screenshots.
I'm mildly sorry, for mistaking #DirectoryOpus for some kind of "colourful metaphor", instead of looking it up, verbatim. 😅
Yeah, that might be "cumbersome" to replicate.
In Gnome Files, i'll miss the bulk-rename feature - what i'm NOT gonna miss, is the touch-input-1st-like feeling, the random un-highlighting of files…
@platymew bizarrely I've been mostly anchored to Win10 because of my replacement file manager!
I haven't found anything in Linux that comes close to it's everything in one place solution. It's more of a File IDE than a file Explorer.
I could lash the equivalent functionality together with multiple apps/tools (in the UNIX way) but that will end up quite a bit more cumbersome.
#DirectoryOpus is a powerful addiction!
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@johnoestmannmusic if you have to use #Windows for gaming because your favorite game's anti cheat requires it, then you can replace Windows #FileExplorer with a third party program like #Files which is an open source option, or #DirectoryOpus which is a paid option. Directory Opus requires a one time payment, but you only get a year's worth of feature updates, security updates are limitless and free.
#Commodore #CBM #AMIGA #DirectoryOpus #DOpus #retrocomputer #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #geek
If you're considering picking up a copy of Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/ I can refer you for a 15% discount. It's a replacement for Window's file explorer that is much more powerful, scriptable and configurable. There is a free trial for 30 days, that can be extended for another 60 days by email. I like its configurable colours, including dark mode support and the ability to make the lines alternate in colours to make following across easier (see pic) #Windows #DirectoryOpus
My #DirectoryOpus box!
The best #FileManager 🗃️ on Amiga
I still miss #DOpus in #Linux
Greg Perry did the distribution from #Australia 🦘
#Retro #Software #Amiga #Computer 🖥️ #GuruMediation #FatAgnus #SuperDenise
I'm finding it incredibly ironic that the biggest app/workflow friction point I've found is my alternative file manager/explorer that originated on the Amiga 😂
#DOpus users will know exactly what I mean 😃
Best file explorer #amiright?!
#DirectoryOpus #Amiga #RetroComputing
Darn you Directory Opus. Of course I'll update to lucky version 13. You're the crack of Windows file managers! How can I not?😂
Directory Opus 13
Ich hatte ja letzte Woche von meinem Dateimanager "Directory Opus" berichtet - für die neue Version ist jetzt ein Video vom Hersteller erschienen, das recht gut und schnell die Besonderheiten darstellt.
Directory Opus
Die neue Version 13 hat das Suchtool "Everything" noch besser integriert - über alle Laufwerke hinweg können sich so direkt im Dateimanager Dateien finden lassen.
Ebenfalls prima: Spalten können - wie bei Excel - fixiert werden.
Dateimanager Directory Opus:
Nach einigen Konfigurations-Experimenten wurden die PDF-Dateien nicht mehr in der Vorschau gezeigt (beim normalen Explorer funktionierte alles).
Da ich jetzt länger den Fehler suchen musste - hier mal der Screenshot, was bei mir geholfen hat.
@_DigitalWriter_ DAnke und: Ah, ein #DirectoryOpus Benutzer. Nice!
Unter Windows benutze ich den Dateimanager "Directory Opus". Der kann externe Speichermedien sehr einfach mounten - darunter auch FTP-Verbindungen. So können Dokumente/Scans von Windows einfach zu #paperlessngx geschoben werden.
Schade das wohl die Diskette nicht mehr ganz okay war. Wobei ich überhaupt erstaunt bin dass viele der 30-40 Jahre alte Disketten noch lesbar sind.
