[olug] konqueror file manager/explorer alternative?

[K.J. Kirwan]

I would be interested in trying something else besides the Konquerer
file browser too.  And I will try xffm if easily installed, thanks.

The only thing I am aware of is "mc" (midnight commander) which
is text/character-based but can also appear in an X window.
It looks a little like "xtree" for DOS, if you've ever seen that.
It can be used locally or remotely if setup.  Homepage/screenshots:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/
(Your distro may already have it as an installable pkg, mine does.)

There are links to other mc/xtree-type file managers here:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Utilities/File_Managers/Console/index.shtml

But I'm with you, still looking for Linux's "Explorer" (Horrors!, LOL)
Hoping others may have more suggestions.


Brian Wiese wrote:
> Does anyone know of a nice 'windows explorer'/'kde konqueror' file browser
> and management tool?  I'd like to find something else, as that is really
> the most useful thing I use when in either Windoze or GNU/Linux... though
> konqueror is far superior imho, it's really the only reason I still prefer
> KDE compared to other desktop managers.  I'm using xfce 4.0 now, and it's
> "xffm" file manager, but I find it rather unuseful and cumbersome.  What I
> like to would include:
> 
> - be of course fast, hopefully not require all the kde libs
> - have a 2 panel folder viewer, with check boxes to expand
> (konq rocks with the even side panel, /home, /, etc quick links)
> - thumbnail previews for photos would be nice, though I could do without
> and use other 'thumbnail' viewers for my picture directories
> (konq rocks - can even resize the thumbnails displayed, rotate, etc..)
> - have a nice look and feel to it
> - file icons would be nice, to highlight a range/click select files
> 
> any one seen anything like this?
>