Difference between revisions of "File Managers for Linux"

Revision as of 14:42, 12 September 2018

Dolphin

Default file manager in KDE.

Double Commander

• Cross Platform
• Dual Pane

apt install doublecmd-gtk

Review: slow to launch, sometimes crashes.

Konqueror

Former default file manger in KDE until replace by Dolphin.

sudo apt-get install konqueror

muCommander

muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support.

review: No apt support, no simple install.

Nautilus

Default file manager in GNOME.

Nemo

Nemo is a fork of GNOME Files / Nautilus. It is also the default file manager of the Cinnamon desktop. Nemo is based on the Files 3.4 code. It was created as a response to the changes in Files 3.6 which saw features such as type ahead find and split pane view removed. Because Nemo was forked from Nautilus 3.4 it includes features removed from Nautilus, like dual panels (split view), list view, configurable toolbar, as well as type-ahead find.

Ctrl-L will toggle between ‘breadcrumbs’ path bar, and location entry, which will show you the current path. Nemo is simple to configure graphically but not all options are in the preferences screen in Nemo. More options are available in the dconf-editor under org.nemo.

sudo apt install nemo

review: Nemo Sidebar customize limitations. Shows "home" directory as if it were the root tree of a file system much like nasty Micro$oft does, stop trying to dumb users down. On the positive side it supports bookmarks and loads quickly. It is well integrated into the Cinnamon desktop for obvious reasons. Mint users should not remove Nemo as it has some useful options relating to GVfs.

PCManFM

• GTK

Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop includes Nemo File Manager by default. Nemo is fine. Pcmanfm is another good file manager. pcmanfm file manager

apt install pcmanfm

pcmanfm does some useful things nemo does not do. For example, to backup a file in the directory with pcmanfm simply click the filename, choose "copy" and then choose "paste" from the menubar. pcmanfm will prompt you because the copy has the same filename as the original, and give you the option to rename, in which I simply change the extension to .bak or something like that. This simple task that you can do in Microsoft Windows and in Linux using pcmanfm cannot be done with nemo!

Thunar

• GTK

The default file manager in the Xfce desktop environment.

Xfe

• FOX toolkit

X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander. Xfe is small, very fast and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional. Plus, it can be launched from the command line in a fraction of second. Xfe can also efficiently complete terminal commands.

sudo apt-get install xfe