Re: Explorer-type file manager
Roy Pluschke, 2003-Feb-18 09:55 -0800:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:57:09 -0500
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@weierophinney.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Personally, my machine has better uses for its time than a DE -- so I
> > utilize blackbox, have ROX-Filer throw some icons on my workspace, and
> > try and utilize applications that don't require KDE or GNOME (there are
> > a lot of GTK+ apps that don't require GNOME, for instance, and QT apps
> > that don't require KDE). For this reason, I've really liked browsers
> > like Phoenix and Skipstone (which utilize GTK+). But I have yet to
> > utilize a good *graphical* file manager that didn't come with a DE; for
> > the most part, I've been doing without one, but I can also see your
> > reasons for wanting one (making the machine easier for others to use).
> >
>
> The most windows like file manager that I have seen is called
> "Endeavour". Search google for Endeavour Mark II -- which is the
> latest version. You will probably have to compile it yourself but
> some people I know use it extensively. Personally I generally use
> "emelfm" a simple 2-pane gtk based file manager - very light weight!
>
> Hope this helps,
> R. Pluschke
I just started using endeavour2. It's in unstable now and I installed
it on my testing system. It's running nicely and I like the
flexibility in setting up your own mime types.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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