After many years on Mac, I am used to the column view for folders in Finder/Filemanager apps. Is there any way to make the default file manager in F39WS (I think it’s called Nautilus?) offer a column view?
Is this what you are looking for?
Nautilus does List view and Grid view only, I’m not aware of other File mangers that cover this type of view on Linux.
Most new users, spend the first year of so on Linux trying to recreate their previous environments for usability sake. Windows Users suffer the most with this because they usually approach Linux and their Desktop Environments wantinig what Windows Xp/7/8/8.1/10 were for them.
MacOS users I’ve seen suffer differently from a software compatibility point of view, Applications with no Linux equivalent etc.
Linux OS’s have so many different takes “Flavors” whether it’s Gnome, KDE, the more classical looks of XFCE, LXQT/DE, or the more workflow oriented Window Managers like i3, Sway, etc.
I approached linux looking for a change. Expecting things to be different, and adopting a new workflow ( in my case it became better )
One thing I recommend is trying to learn how the DE works, more than trying to mold it forcibly to what you want to do, Gnome users struggle the most with this.
FMPOV, most of them want Gnome to be KDE, and it just does not work ( and should not ) work that way !
If you left MacOS, You left Windows, You left BSD or whatever else, I’ll say this, you’ll never move forward, looking backward. 
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Thanks, I take your point, and know it well as that’s precisely what I’m choosing to put myself through.
However I wouldn’t call wanting column view for folders necessarily ‘looking back’. For the past 20 years or so, I’ve spent around 10-14 hours a day, 7 days a week, working at high speed on a Mac. I a also under huge pressure right now and need to balance the ‘necessary and progressive discomfort’ with ‘not destroying my ability to get 5hit done’ 
That said, I CAN live without it.
Probably worth mentioning… I have two machines, personal and business. My business machine is still an imac. I hate the fact its end of life, it’s phenomenally powerful, in perfect working order, and Apple have made it obsolete. I HAVE to use Mac for a while longer for business reasons, but my HOPE (and intent here) is to force myself out of my comfort zone on my personal machine for 6-12 months, then hoping to take on the huge task of moving business over to it too (software issues being the big one, as you mentioned above).
The trouble with this is that I spend a lot of hours a day working fast on the Mac, then coming to personal machine (which is more than just youtubing, it’s a lot of work emailing stuff too, i dont do social 5hit on it, it’s all pretty important stuff) so after hours of hitting certain keys, or viewing files in a certain structure, its all making the fedora experience more painful when really it wouldnt be If i could never touch a Mac again. that said, I still very much look foward to that day
I’ll make do, I like the file manager generally and to be really honest, a LOT about Fedora i think is far superior to mac in terms of workflow etc. (I still want my effing Desktop back though 
)
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I actually have a strong opinion about this. I am often asked, “Should I move to XYZ Operating System” or “Should I change Workflows?”, I’ve even been paid to consult on such issues so I am partial about it.
When making such a change, You have to be cognizant of workflow and how these things impact your day to day. For example, I have always told people/small businesses who use Adobe tools like Photoshop, to simply stay where they are comfortable, because the change is too drastic.
If you are a cog in a greater mechanism, and you change your workflow, the impact is enormous. If you are behind, potentially everyone will be behind.
Moving to Linux is a big thing, I was fortunate when I did, that my career and personal workflow were going to change. Also, the proliferation of less private environments helped me make the decision easier. I am only one person ! not part of a bigger team. If I needed an Windows environment, I just use a VM, same for Mac. My consulting gigs ? No problem, adapt and move.
Fortunately thngs are more portable now, Containers are more widely used so thngs are easier to work with for me. In my personal projects, it’s great. I get the security, privacy I need and comfy OSS tools to work and contribute to.
As always we’re here to help, but there are sacrifices you might need to make.
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I hear ya. And that’s a great point. I am on my own, not a cog in a machine, but I am a cog in my family machine, a family that’s slowly dying economically, and about the worst time ever for me to become less productive, is now! Hence the Mac stays for biz use, but I am so damn sick of Apple I made a decision to refuse to use it unless I had to, and I don’t have to for personal stuff.
So, pain be damned, pain’s my middle name.
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You could try the Dolphin file manager from KDE
It has split panes and a list view.
and also the Nemo file explorer, from Linux Mint, which you can install with dnf
sudo dnf install nemo
Both are much less pretty than Files but have more features, which may help you get your work done quicker.
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This is where I think containers could shine for use case and usability. Would be much cleaner to have it run in a container than to bring in 75% of the QT stuff and dependencies. . . Just a thought.
Not even going to ask!!
(I am gonna stick with Nautilus I think, had a good look at Nemo and Dolphin, some good points but some bad so may as well stick with securely installed default )
A flatpak is container, 100% of dependencies are safely contained inside, and can be installed and removed without changing any of the hosts native packages.
100% clean, and less risky than installing a native RPM based packge.
Now I did run Files 42 out of a distrobox container for a month and it was an awful experience. This covers the basic problems
Hey there @jamesfrederik ! You and I could have a 
over the discussion of containers and Flatpaks and I am sure we could touch on some of the most compelling points for those technologies. I started the topic derailment, but we could really just discuss that over at a Water Cooler thread. And I have a lot to say about xdg.desktop.Portals