Windows users who think that the system’s default file management application Windows Explorer is too limited to be of practical use can pick from a wide array of free and paid products. XYplorer Pro is a professional file manager for the Windows operating system that can be used in addition or as a replacement for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Eagle Mode, Experimental File Manager, Viewer
The majority of file managers for the Windows operating system built up on the features that are offered by the system’s default file browser Windows Explorer. Eagle Mode is an experimental fie manager and viewer for Windows and Linux, that turns the concept upside down so to speak. The file manager offers a top down [...]
- Author: Ryan D. Lang
- Comments: 24
The 10 Advantages of Xplorer2
The default file manager in Windows has improved immensely over the years, but there is still room for improvement. A few years ago I switched to Xplorer2 (lite), associating folders and drives with it, displacing the default program. I have stayed with the program, finding new uses and abilities that help my work flow. Many [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 3
KDE’s Dolphin tips and tricks
If you are using the latest, greatest KDE, then you are enjoying the default Dolphin file manager. Although you can still make use of Konqueror as the file manager, it only makes sense to go with the default behavior, as described by the KDE developers. So for those of you who do want to play [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 4
Adding folder sharing in Bodhi Linux
If you are a fan of modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that offer incredibly simple ways to share folders with workgroup computers, you will be happy to know the same feature can be added to Bodhi Linux (my new favorite Linux distribution.) Although adding this feature isn’t exactly automatic (or, some would argue, user-friendly), [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 1
Queue music into Rhythmbox from Nautilus
Nautilus is one versatile file manager. The ability to add actions (with the help of Nautilus Actions) makes Nautils’ ability seemingly endless. I have covered adding actions to Nautilus before (see my article “Add actions to extend Nautilus functionality“). That article covered an earlier version of Nautilus Actions. Now that this tool has matured quite [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Extend Thunar’s “Send To” menu and media tags
In my recent exploration of various file managers I realized that my favorite of the lot hadn’t received the attention it deserves. Here on Ghacks I have shown you how to do Bulk renaming in Thunar, and how to create Customized Action in Thunar. Outside of that, I’ve not really dealt with Thunar all that [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 3
vifm: Fast, lightweight, old school file manager
Recently I have been covering some of the lighter weight file managers for the Linux operating system. We’ve seen PCMan File Manager and emelFM2 covered recently. I’ve also touched on Thunar numerous times. All of these file managers have two things in common: They are fast and they have GUIs. Today’s file manager shares the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 2
emelFM2: Another fast file manager
Today I’m going to take a look at another lightweight Linux (and UNIX-like) file manager (and this time I WON’T get the name wrong) called emelFM2. This particular file manager will pull at the heart-strings of old school Linux and UNIX users because it is based on the old Norton Commander file manager (which was [...]