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    [–] tomiant@piefed.social 23 points 5 days ago (5 children)

    Use Everything! search for Windows. Literally one of the strongest points of NTFS is lightning fast indexing, using tools like Everything and WizTree. The only things I miss on Linux. Oh also AutoHotKey.

    I just set the Everything window to appear on ALT+3 (I have found this to be a very useful shortcut because it's rarely used by anything else and is easy to reach quickly)(some function keys also work well for it), you just type, it highlights, you press enter, you're done. And so many sorting options.

    [–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

    Windows: has lightning fast native indexing with ntfs Also windows: implements worst out of the box GUI search tool possible

    [–] ryper@lemmy.ca 26 points 5 days ago

    Windows: searches bing before ntfs

    [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

    AutoKey is an alternative to AutoHotKey, from what I understand. Haven't gotten around to it yet, but at least it uses a proper programming language instead of the abomination that is AutoHotKey's scripting lang.

    But nothing beats Hammerspoon which is the analogue for MacOS. Lua programming, sizeable library of OS integrations, built-in http server. Ah, what a beauty it is.

    [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

    Everything is what I use for files

    Windows search is what I use for applications

    [–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

    Debian or Gnome seem to have some kind of semi usable search in the gui. It can find files in multiple places by name, wildcard etc but I'm not sure what it can see. Everything is great on Win.

    [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

    man locate

    How common it is across distros I couldn't tell you, but it's been a staple on Mint for a good long while and ought to be available everywhere. Basically wherever I'd use find I try locate first, unless it's for a file that's expected to be very new and hasn't been indexed by the daemon yet.