The file manager is what sits between you and the files on your T storage devices. Many of us have a favourite, but it’s just as common to make do with whatever is installed by default by your distro. Maybe we can inspire a switcheroo to something different. We’re putting the ‘big five’ under the LXF microscope.
Dolphin is part of the KDE project and is an evolution from the earlier Konqueror web browser/file manager project. It’s easy to use, even though it’s a heavyweight in terms of the features that it offers.
Krusader comes from a similar KDE lineage, but it’s a two-pane file manager aimed squarely at tech-heads due to all the customisation and integrated tools it offers.
Thunar is the official file manager of the Xfce desktop environment, and it has a reputation for being light on resources yet offering most of the features a user is likely to need.
Midnight Commander is, like Krusader, a two-pane file manager with a lot of features, but it leaves out the GUI because it is a textmode utility.
Nemo is one of the forks of the original Gnome file manager Nautilus, and it aims to retain the feature set of older versions. So, let’s see which you should consider installing.
Appearances are everything!
Tweaking the visible controls and changing how the interface works.
has alayout options cover most of the basics you’d expect.
