[SC.LUG] Transferring to linux - and File Managers

[Richard Smedley]

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 12:03 +0100, Matthew Tolley wrote:
> Incidentally, what file managers do people like? I'm not sure 
> if Ubuntu defaults to Nautilus or Thunar, but I'm considering 
> alternatives that are easy to use and good-looking, with speed 
> of searching being a lesser consideration also. 

Ubuntu with GNOME uses Nautilus. I expect XUbuntu uses Thunar.

The two most likely alternatives for graphical file manager are 
rox-filer and Konqueror. Which you will prefer is really a 
personal matter, however Konqueror works as a web browser
as well, and can do things like drag-copy files between
two remote servers over ssh, using fish://

MC (Midnight Commander) runs on the command-line, but does
everything that you need. You can also do most operations
within Emacs, as I'm sure that Robert will confirm ;-)

 - Richard

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