Interestingly, as a predominantly Linux user, I have no such folder. Notably, while the utility software has consistently improved, the UX software has definitely had ups and downs.

And I can't substitute my GUI shell that easily so I keep the default and suck it up.

You say that, and yet you probably do still use perl/shell/other obscure tool that is rather old. In particularly, at the foundation layer.

BLAS and friends would be a good candidate for old software.

Right, right, but it's fresh (compiles with today compiler, links to glibc etc.) not some archaeological artifact I'm boarding.

Fair... I am not sure that changes the idea, though. TeX, as an example, stands as a jewel. Even if it has things we could and probably do criticize today, it has proven ridiculous value.

Right, right. Not arguing with article premise, just mentioning that a useful effect of useful open source software is that this stuff generally remains true.

And I'm not a zealot or anything. I just like this aspect.

I would avoid ES File Explorer Pro - requests permissions it shouldn't, has dubious ownership, and see e.g. this https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/es-file-explo...

Yeah, you should only run a version from before they got bought out. It'd be nice to have a replacement but as far as I can tell nothing comes remotely close to being as good. Tabbed browsing with source-agnostic windows (local storage, USB drive, network shared folder all treated the same) editable clipboard, editable app associations, nothing else comes close.

Used to be that there were lots of repositories of this very sort of thing. Seems they've dried up in the face of the Google algorithm.

Any leads?