file managers

"Linux file manager ontogeny encapsulates the history of GNU/Linux. File managers began as command-line and generic graphical tools and progressed to desktop-specific ones, gaining sophistication along the way, ...

TechRepublic: "In the migration from 3.x to 4.x, the KDE developers decided to make a rather bold move: replace KDE's file browsing function with Dolphin.

Now before I get into this rant, I want to say that Dolphin isn't horrible, it's just that Konqueror was probably one of the finest file managers available — on any platform.

That being said..."

Echoes: "ROX-Filer - Although ROX-Filer has a minimal interface, it provides many features and configuration options."

Linux file managers: Konqueror, Nautilus, Krusader, Dolphin, Xfe, PCManFM, Thunar, ROX-Filer, Midnight Commander.

A computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems is called a file manager. It is considered as one of the most important software applications since its main function is to speed up interaction with files.

One is CLI-based (midnight commander). The other is GUI-based (emelfm). This is one person's experience of making a choice.

Wine 0.9.60 was released today, with the following main changes:Better support for Windows IMEs.Option for Windows-style window decorations.Improved system tray behavior.Window management fixes.Improved quartz audio support.Better support for launching apps from Unix file managers.Lots of bug fixes.

When I wrote about file managers in my review of KDE 4.0, I noted that several important features had been removed from Konqueror, including the tree-based detailed view.

Many power users regard the tree view as the most effective mode for advanced file management and mourned the loss of this feature.