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by a2128 1137 days ago
I tested to see what some popular Linux file managers do in this scenario, GNOME Files and KDE Dolphin. Neither of them have undo in the right-click menu. Pressing ctrl+Z pops up the standard "Do you want to permanently delete this file?" confirmation dialog.

Dolphin goes one step further, if you say yes to the confirmation dialog, it shows an additional one: "The file (copy) was copied from (original), but since then it has apparently been modified at (time). Undoing the copy will delete the file, and all modifications will be lost. Are you sure you want to delete (copy)?"
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jraph 1137 days ago
The KDE project does not produce perfect software, but they have attention to details. They are also eager to receive user feedback and to reverse decision after complains. They listen.

The last post of Adventures in Linux and KDE is a good example of this: https://pointieststick.com/2023/05/11/plasma-6-better-defaul...

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hyperman1 1137 days ago
Agree. While not perfect, they are the best of the DE crop today for my purposes, compared to Gnome, OSX and windows.
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datavirtue 1137 days ago
Dolphin is the correct behavior.
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