file managers

Forum: Apps
Topic: file managers
started by: wyatt23

Posted by wyatt23 on May 20 2005,21:58

what are some good apt-getable file managers that are comparable to Konquerer and Nautilus? i do not like the double pane old looking Emelfm.

any suggestions?

-wyatt

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on May 20 2005,23:12

rox filer is supposedly comparable (in look and feel) to those, I think.

It's available as a mydsl package.

Posted by WoofyDugfock on May 21 2005,11:57

Wyatt23, I used to feel like that about the venerable emelFM at first. It does take getting used to. But now I wouldn't swap it for fat-bottomed Konqueror for the world.

Try the click 'n' drag capability (hold down middle mouse button). Or the fact that you can just click on a tar archive and it will expand automatically into a temp file and show you the contents.

And then there's the configurable features - I add buttons for dsl unpacking & repacking, and for iso mounting/editing/burning. And the configurable launching-according-to-file-extensions - I add one for .rtf (Ted). And I change the Edit button to use scite (for editing scripts), but leave the default viewer alone.

It's a great program. Rox lasted about 20 seconds with me. Horses for courses, of course.

Posted by dmizzel on May 23 2005,00:22

I agree with WoofyDugfock (great name by the way!). I used Rox for a while and it is similar to what the world is used to (typical graphical file managers). And I thought emelfm was kinda stupid... in a non-intuitive computer-geek-text-loving sort of way (I grew up on a macintosh so that should tell you how much i'm into the graphical file manager). However....

Emelfm is extremely powerful, useful and fast to navigate (once you learn about the arrows and different keys). Go ahead... try Rox for a while but I think you would grow to love Emelfm if you force yourself to use it for a few hours.

Posted by cbagger01 on May 23 2005,03:26

I'm the guy who MADE the rox filer myDSL extension and I prefer emelfm for day-to-day use.

Rox is an excellent program, especially for browsing a folder that is full of image files. It has a "pinboard" mode that supports the creation of desktop icons like the xtdeskop program that comes with DSL. It also has a VERY powerful "find" feature that is great for file searches.

But in my opinion, emelfm is faster and better for day-to-day file management tasks once you get the hang of using it.

Posted by struppi on May 25 2005,20:36

cbagger01 is right: my harddisk is full of pictures from my digicam. i don't know what to do without rox and this beautiful thumbnail function.

but sometimes i use emelfm..... depends on what i need to do.

Posted by Caspar_s on May 25 2005,23:49

I use Total commander in windows - emelfm in linux. I did think it looked a bit old, and loaded up the tuxcmd, but I figured out it is just eye-candy - loading up gtk2 as well as tux when emelfm is already there.

I used to use Norton Commander in Dos - I couldn't go to Explorer or Konquerer now.. I move a lot of files around (html - moving images and text from one directory to another) So fast in the two pane system. It is one of the first things I add to peoples computers if I am working on it.