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Subject: Recommend a file manager Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:55:27 +0200
Hi
Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
please help
thanks
* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [20060922 15:15]:
Please recommend a file manager.
zsh!
I need a good one to make my wife happy.
Oh ok - I'm not sure whether zsh can make wifes happy. :)
We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
grml ships clex, mc, rox-filer, vfu and vifm. rox-filer is a graphic one which might fit best of that list. If that's not what you're searching for, try the filemanagers of the desktop environments like konqueror of KDE or thunar of XFCE. (Gnome sucks by default. ;))
regards, -mika-
On (22/09/06 08:53), T wrote:
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Subject: Recommend a file manager Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:55:27 +0200
Hi
Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
I use debian sid mainly and tried Rox, XFE, Xffm and couldn't get on with any of them. I found emelfm which I use now and quite like; it's not pretty but the functionality and stability seems superior to those others.
Regards
Clive
* Clive Menzies clive@clivemenzies.co.uk [20060922 16:47]:
On (22/09/06 08:53), T wrote:
Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
I use debian sid mainly and tried Rox, XFE, Xffm and couldn't get on with any of them. I found emelfm which I use now and quite like; it's not pretty but the functionality and stability seems superior to those others.
Only 565kB of installed size, cute!
Thanks for mentioning it, Clive - I've added it to the grml chroot, let's see whether people like it. :)
regards, -mika-
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:54:42 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:
- Clive Menzies clive@clivemenzies.co.uk [20060922 16:47]:
I use debian sid mainly and tried Rox, XFE, Xffm and couldn't get on with any of them. I found emelfm which I use now and quite like; it's not pretty but the functionality and stability seems superior to those others.
Thanks, that's exactly the kind of input I was looking for. thanks for sharing. Stability, yeah, that's a key thing to me too.
Only 565kB of installed size, cute!
Wow, I normally don't use file managers, but I think I like this one already.
thanks
* T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [060922 14:56]:
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Subject: Recommend a file manager Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:55:27 +0200
Hi
Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
Hi,
I tried http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ after I read about it in the German "Linux User" Magazine two days ago. It is small, it behaves strongly like Windows, but it works ;)
Dont know, if it is already available in Debian since I dont hav a debian Desktop System at the moment. Had to use the Sources from the website under gentoo and it compiled rather quick and without bigger Problems.
maybe that is something for you.
bye, Robert.
* Robert Giebel robert.giebel@giebelconsult.de [20060922 19:37]:
- T mlist4suntong@yahoo.com [060922 14:56]:
Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, but now that one can't rename files any more (it actually can initially, but stop responding to keyboard very soon).
I tried http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ after I read about it in the German "Linux User" Magazine two days ago. It is small, it behaves strongly like Windows, but it works ;)
Dont know, if it is already available in Debian since I dont hav a debian Desktop System at the moment. Had to use the Sources from the website under gentoo and it compiled rather quick and without bigger Problems.
JFYI: pcmanfm is available as debian package (see http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/download.html for details), but requires 14.0MB of additional space on grml.
regards, -mika-
On (22/09/06 19:27), Robert Giebel wrote:
I tried http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ after I read about it in the German "Linux User" Magazine two days ago. It is small, it behaves strongly like Windows, but it works ;)
Dont know, if it is already available in Debian since I dont hav a debian Desktop System at the moment. Had to use the Sources from the website under gentoo and it compiled rather quick and without bigger Problems.
It's in sid.
I must give it a try :)
Thanks
Clive
http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/index.html
Seems to have a friendly familiar GUI with power features as well.
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