Is it me, or does Linux Mint have terrible file search? (reddthat.com)

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I search for files, and it never seems to find them. Plus it only does one drive at a time, and not just searches my external drives. Any suggestions?

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[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I use Kfind https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.kde.kfind

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[-] QuantumTickler@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

Thank you!

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