File Managers

toasty_ghosty · 2009-08-19 19:19:28

Hello.

Installing Arch on a laptop I have had lying around. Decided to try out some file managers and got curious to what all file managers you guys (and gals) use.

Right now I am using ROX. Does what I need it to do and doesn't require much as far as resources.

-Ghosty

SpeedVin · 2009-08-19 19:23:30

Hello
Try this topic:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62581
You can try PcManFM and If you will test it please compare it to ROX

toasty_ghosty · 2009-08-19 19:50:15

Thanks.

Don't know how I couldn't find that post. I'll use PCManFM for a day or two and let you know what I think.

-Ghosty

x33a · 2009-08-20 16:50:36

you can try krusader, konqueror or for a commandline one midnight commander.

though i mainly use commandline and nautilus.

brisbin33 · 2009-08-20 16:58:45

pcmanfm is the best GUI FM in my opinion. though i haven't opened in in months. bash does everything. find -exec ftw!

R00KIE · 2009-08-20 18:25:24

I agree that pcmanfm is one of the best lightweight file managers but it doesn't like too much when you start deleting directories that are visible on the tree on the left ... I haven't tried the ones in aur though, maybe that problem is already fixed.

jacko · 2009-08-20 21:10:50

I haven't used a FM since I removed all DEs. Seriously, the commandline is by far the best file manager you'll ever come across.

find -exec

hmm, still need to learn the in's and out's of that command.

RagePie · 2009-08-20 21:46:50

I use Bash or Midnight Commander.

ataylor · 2009-08-20 22:05:12

Midnight Commander... didn't like it at first but once I got used to it it does the job just fine.

sand_man · 2009-08-20 22:34:39

command line, then thunar.
I have recently tried pcmanfm which I quite like. I think it might replace thunar soon.

Arkane · 2009-08-21 07:47:44

Same, command-line then thunar. I like ROX's shell minibuffer a lot, but its way of handling filetype associations in a different way from everyone else is a pain.

Acecero · 2009-08-21 08:14:35

I've been happy using pcmanfm for a while and I also use the command-line tools to optimize my way of productivity when needed.

karabaja4 · 2009-08-21 09:45:09

My dream: thunar-like GTK file manager with instant directory file listing (thunar takes a while to list dirs with large number of files), instant startup time, windows-explorer-like small icon view, faster look & feel than thunar, and no extra features like desktop management, FTP, browsing or whatever.

sand_man · 2009-08-21 10:43:54

karabaja4 wrote:

My dream: thunar-like GTK file manager with instant directory file listing (thunar takes a while to list dirs with large number of files), instant startup time, windows-explorer-like small icon view, faster look & feel than thunar, and no extra features like desktop management, FTP, browsing or whatever.

Thunar's tree view would be equivalent (I guess) and Thunar can be run as a daemon in the background for instant startup.
The speed it reads the directory I would put down to the filesystem and the size of the directory.

alecmg · 2009-08-21 10:44:37

emelfm2 is a nice two-pane manager
its gtk and /usr/bin lists (almost) instantly

but I find myself using thunar more somewhy. Maybe its the lack of icons in emelfm or too much configuration...

rwd · 2009-08-21 10:54:40

karabaja4 wrote:

My dream: thunar-like GTK file manager with instant directory file listing (thunar takes a while to list dirs with large number of files), instant startup time, windows-explorer-like small icon view, faster look & feel than thunar, and no extra features like desktop management, FTP, browsing or whatever.

So basically you want pcman? Thunar with the --daemon argument is pretty quick though.

Last edited by rwd (2009-08-21 11:04:24)

Mr.Elendig · 2009-08-21 16:41:45

I use mainly coreutils, and sometimes mc.

Bralkein · 2009-08-21 22:04:27

I use KDE's Dolphin, which is surprisingly powerful considering it's supposed to be friendly towards less experienced users. Loads of cool features like browse over SSH and Samba (without having to mount using SSHFS/FUSE or smbmount or whatever), different useful views, split-pane management, search, tagging, rating, commenting & more metadata stuff. All this exposed by a really slick, beautiful and intuitive interface. I was skeptical when they first announced Dolphin would take over as the main file manager from Konqueror, but now I really love it.

Only thing is it might be a bit heavyweight and slow if you prefer light file managers like Thunar, plus it might not integrate well into non-KDE desktops, I haven't tried it under such a configuration. At least you don't have to install the whole of KDE to use it with the split packaging system now though.

Last edited by Bralkein (2009-08-21 22:05:07)

cardinals_fan · 2009-08-22 00:50:17

Vifm

jcolinzheng · 2009-08-22 16:42:06

Vifm is neat, but comparison to MC, is too simplistic, doesn't handle (compressed) archive and remote folders, and lacks support for extension. Still the best file manager is a well configured MC with utf-8 patch.

blackrain · 2009-08-25 18:32:49

I use thunar, because I've configured it for automounting removable drives, it works fine and I feel good with it

toasty_ghosty · 2009-08-25 22:40:44

I've used thunar before, wasn't bad, configuring a FM to automount drives has always been a pain to me. Always seems to take me awhile or I screw it up..

droog · 2009-08-28 21:17:56

jcolinzheng wrote:

Vifm is neat, but comparison to MC, is too simplistic, doesn't handle (compressed) archive and remote folders, and lacks support for extension. Still the best file manager is a well configured MC with utf-8 patch.

vifm can handle archives or any filetype any way you want it to, you just have to set it up in the vifmrc.
for example can list contents or extract a tar.gz with.
FILETYPE=Archive=tar.gz,tgz=tar -tzf %f | less,tar -zxvf %f

archdaemon · 2009-08-28 23:03:20

I'm apparently pretty weird - I use bash/coreutils, mc, and rox. Sometimes at the same time. Each has its advantages and I use whichever one is best suited for whatever I'm doing at the moment.

But it's not like I use anything and everything - I have tried other shells, console and dual pane FMs, and graphical FMs and use what I use for a reason - for instance, ash is too little and zsh too much: bash is just right (and the de facto standard Linux shell); mc is more powerful and sensible than other console FMs I've tried (and, while I generally think file managers should manage files, I like mc's ftp capability) - I do like the idea of vifm, though. emelfm2 is probably the best dual-pane GUI FM I've used, but not the best dual-pane or GUI. Rox is the best GUI for me, as it's extremely fast, very terminal-connected, easy to plug scripts into, has the anything-bars to type into, etc.

I will admit rox took two tries, though, as it's very strange to use for someone who expects the application to *stay still*. I can't remember why I gave it a second look, but I'm glad I did.

ThoughtMonster · 2009-08-28 23:07:34

One of the lightest and most usable filemanagers I've used is XFE. It's pretty good, and it's strange it never comes up. I use it everyday on my HP Jornada, a palmtop which runs on a 133MHz SH3 CPU and 32MB of RAM.

Otherwise, just Thunar. Great for what it does, and pretty lightweight on the deps.

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