Sidux/Useable applications/File managers
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- A file manager is an application which lets you work on files and folders such as creating, moving,
- delating or name changing.
- Thunar is a default file manager for XFCE environment but there is not any problem to work on any other.
Thunar
[edit | edit source]- 1. If you work on different graphic environment than XFCE, you can install Thunar:
apt-get install thunar thunar-archive-plugin
- 2. Run it in Terminal with the command:
thunar
- or run it from: Menu-> Accessories or System-> Thunar File Manager.

- Thunar home page: http://thunar.xfce.org/
- And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunar
Nautilus
[edit | edit source]- A default file manager for GNOME environment is Nautilus.
- It has some more functions than Thunar but it's a little slower.
- 1. Installation:
apt-get install nautilus nautilus-data nautilus-share
- 2. Run it from: Menu-> Accessories-> File Manager or in Terminal:
nautilus

- Nautilus home page: http://live.gnome.org/Nautilus
- On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_%28file_manager%29
Dolphin
[edit | edit source]- Dolphin is a default file manager for KDE for a while, it replaced previous file manager and web browser Konqueror.
- 1. Installation:
apt-get install dolphin
- 2. Run it: Menu-> System-> Dolphin.

- Dolphin home page: http://dolphin.kde.org/index.html
- And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_%28software%29
PCMan
[edit | edit source]- PCMan is a small and quick file manager designed for LXDE environment.
- 1. Install it:
apt-get install pcmanfm
- 2. And run it from: Menu-> Accessories or System-> PCMan File Manager.

- PCMan home page: http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/
- On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMan_File_Manager
Midnight Commander
[edit | edit source]- One of text console file manager is Midnight Commander.
- 1. Installation:
apt-get install mc
- 2. Run it in Terminal as an user:
mc
- or as root:
su mc

- The basic operations on files are here: Sidux/System and packages management/Midnight Commander.
- Home page: http://www.midnight-commander.org/
- And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander
Others
[edit | edit source]- Konqueror: http://www.konqueror.org/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror
- Krusader: http://krusader.org/, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusader