WSL
Source code behind the Windows Subsystem for Linux documentation. (by MicrosoftDocs)
Files
Building the best file manager experience for Windows (by files-community)
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| WSL | Files | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 171 | |
| 1,622 | 26,548 | |
| 1.4% | 1.9% | |
| 7.4 | 9.1 | |
| 9 days ago | 7 days ago | |
| PowerShell | C# | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
WSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of WSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-13.
- [Bashonubuntuonwindows] \"Veuillez activer la fonctionnalité Windows Virtual Machine Platform et vous assurer que la virtualisation est activée dans le BIOS.\ »
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There are literally no reasons to choose an iPhone over an Android smartphone
Off the top of my head was this bug that caused a lot of people using vbox to swap to vmware. Just a bunch of really annoying compatibility bugs that made it a nightmare if you were trying to use it like a native linux instance.
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Switched fully from Linux to W11, love it
yeah. But, the github complaint says otherwise https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/798
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Chocolatey
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/798 - maybe fixed a couple of months ago. I personally haven't tried.
- WebAssembly
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ASROCK Doesn't support LINUX is becoming a major problem
After that https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/590 , fixed things for me.
Files
Posts with mentions or reviews of Files.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-14.
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Is there a way to make windows 10 dile explorer look like windows 11?
Files is an aesthetically pleasing file explorer alternative you could take a look into.
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Looking for alternative to Clover file explorer
Files is a nice open-source alternative to file explorer.
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Looking for light-weight alternative to Google Drive for Desktop
https://files.community/ says it integrate Gdrive
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Caffè Italia * 02/01/23
Files
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What are the best apps you've been using for a long time on Windows?
Files - Replacement for File Explorer.
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Is there a better file manager than Explorer that I can download?
This is a replacement that is popular Files • Home
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What are your opininons on using Fluent/WinUI to build websites?
I've seen a couple websites use Windows 11's Fluent/WinUI design e.g. files.community, https://yashash1511.github.io/win11Svelte/
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Windows11-ish file explorer
IMO Microsoft should make the file explorer look more like 'Files' app. Take a look: https://files.community/
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Did you know that at one point Windows 10 too had tabs in File Explorer?
Did you know that there is a free file explorer app on the ms store called Files that has tabs and more on Windows 10? https://github.com/files-community/Files
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What file explorer do you use?
Mostly Windows Explorer. I also pretty frequently use Wiztree to clean up my drive. Not technically a file explorer but if the native explorer had better file management features kinda like smart folder on Mac OS I wouldn't have to use it. Occasionally I'll use files.community to see if they've fixed the slow navigation. If it wasn't so damn slow to load directories I'd probably switch to it because I really like that it supports both split screen and tabs. I also switch to xplorer2 once every couple days if I need to move around some stuff because I adore the 'Mini scrap' feature (bottom left). Basically a scratchpad, super convenient. I've tried Directory Opus lite but it looks too outdated on Win 11 for my tastes.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing WSL and Files you can also consider the following projects:
NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
qttabbar - Qttabbar is a small tool that allows you to use tab multi label function in Windows Explorer. https://www.yuque.com/indiff/qttabbar
PersistentWindows - fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update
winfetch - 🛠 A command-line system information utility written in PowerShell. Like Neofetch, but for Windows.
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
vscode-vibrancy - Enable Acrylic/Glass effect for your VS Code.
MicaForEveryone - Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.
oh-my-posh - A blazing fast cross platform/shell prompt renderer
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
PCem-ROMs - This is a collection of requiered ROMs files for PCem emulator. RIP PCem 2021
SylphyHorn - Virtual Desktop Tools for Windows 10.