Re: a decent file manager

[Woodrow <wf...@on...>]

Morten Bo Nielsen wrote:
> 
> What do you use as file manager?
> Right now, I primarily use Midnight Commander - but all my non-linux using
> friends are laughing at me, so I thought I ought to upgrade to some kind of
> graphics-based filemanager. I've tried gmc, but I honestly think it sucks.
> Any suggestions.
> 
> MoBo

There are so many to choose from it can be mind-boggling. If you are
used to Midnight Commander and like it, you might try FileRunner. It's a
two-pane graphical file manager written in Tcl/Tk and is fast and very
configurable. Another of similar type, though perhaps not as powerful is
emelfm. It uses the GTK+ widget set, so it would fit in with Gnome/GTK
apps you might use.
If your used to OS/2, you might try DFM. It works well with IceWM and
adds the ability to drop files, folders and apps onto your desktop. If
you go with DFM, do yourself a favor and get a RPM package (assuming
your distro uses RPM's).
If your used to M$ Windows Exploder ;-) you might try Kruiser or XWC.
Both are very familiar to ex-Windose users.
There are many others. TkDesk, Gentoo, xfm, etc. To get an idea, just
log on to www.freshmeat.net and click through appindex->X11->File
managers to get a list of most of the ones available. Look at some
screenshots, and pick one you'd like.
Me, I use DFM with IceWM 1.0.4 for most of my normal file handling, etc.
For the really down and dirty stuff I've found nothing to beat
FileRunner.
The nice thing about Linux is your not stuck with one file manager. And
as for your Windoze friends, at least you'll never see "Explorer caused
a GFP and will be shut down"!

Happy Hunting!
Woodrow

"If a man speaks in the forest,
and there's no woman to hear him,
is he still wrong?"