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		progman32 on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Nnn – unorthodox terminal file manager Sometimes a GUI is faster for me, especially when I'm not 100% sure where things are or there are many files to select. A terminal file manager has a GUI that works everywhere, including over SSH sessions (OK, technically could use X forwarding, but it's slow).

apjana on Nov 18, 2020 [–]

> Sometimes a GUI is faster for me, especially when I'm not 100% sure where things are or there are many files to select.

nnn takes care of these already. I don't think you would see a difference once you get used to.

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