There are instances when a GUI file manager just won't work. When I run into those situations, there are several terminal-based options I go for.

If you're just now coming over to Linux, you might have noticed there are a lot of distributions to choose from. One of your first choices will be what base you want to use. Here's a bit of help.

You also don't need to switch to any GUI tool for checking or analyzing disk usage. Tools like ncdu, top, and htop show you ...