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TUI vs GUI: What type of file manager would suit my needs?
I organize, archive, analyze, backup, lots of media files, notably music files.
I'm a DJ, with a very intricate filing system which includes tasks of the following:
- Organize my music into a system of directories
- Analyze organized music in Musicbrainz Picard for metadata tagging
- Downloading and adding pictures to music via Picard, for when metadata tagging doesn't pick them up
- Bulk renaming files via Thunar
- I sometimes build playlists while using these songs in Strawberry
- Sync these directories to a backup drive using FreeFileSync
- Using other various forms of software with music files, such as with: Spek, Mixxx, FRE:AC, KID3, and etc.
At the moment, I prefer to use Thunar, thanks to bulk renaming and all the plugins it uses. I sometimes float between Thunar and Dolphin with Krename.
A lot of the actions from the list above comes from "dragging and dropping" files into various software.
Based on my list of things I do, would a TUI benefit me in all these tasks? Or should I stick to using a GUI?
u/nPrevail — 20 hours ago