File Managers in Linux

Just let me say in my Search for Linux for My book "Linux Essentials", I  have tried three ARCH derivatives and one I actually installed. In fact, there are three in my under 4GB USB Sticks, ready to be mounted at any moment. I do not like Virtual instances except for Puppy Linux which one can to mount and try any application within them.

What I hate most is "Elive Linux" which cheats money of its users.

No different to "Elementary OS "which has out out another alpha recently.

For the umpteenth time they got my email to post its image in one hour and failed.

If you have money either buy, PopOS (System 76) or Tuxedo (Tuxedo System) Linux with their Linux hardware.

There is another Site I think it is called "Star Labs "which sells laptops with various Linux desktops installed and a Mini PC.StarFighter

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Coming to File Managers;

File Managers in Linux

There are lot of file Managers is Linux.

Latest I found was 4Pane File Manager.

It is actually is Dual Pane 2Pane File manger. (2x2 = 4).

It is good for redo/undo and archiving files.

It shows the entire tree including hidden files. 

In the good old days I used to look at hidden files and I have forgotten how I did it.

Historically file Managers are 2Paned.

1. Mid Night Commander was one I used, first.

Now they are Desktop Based but can be used in desktops not even intended for.

2. Gnome Files is the good old Nautilus.

3. Thunar is for XFCE4

4. Krusader probably of KDE

5. Dolphin is now the standard for KDE.

6. Nemo is intuitive with web based applications, Cloud Friendly.

It probably comes from Cinnamon or Mint.

7. PCMan but do not confuse with PacMan

It comes from Taiwan with LXDE (light weight desktop)

It looks like it originated from Arch and later ported to Gnome.

It was based on GTK3 and later transformer into QT toolkit.

8. Rox filer is the file manager for AntiX.

 

 

9. Caja is the file manger for MATE.

 

 

10. There is no file mange for Budgie but Nautilus can be used as substitute. However, I used Krusader of KDE for Budgie.

 11. Tea is another old time file manager which has lost the default set up but can be evoked into cut and paste activity of a file.

12. PCmanFM is LXQt desktops file manager.

Desktop is called FM.

 

AntiX was one of my Linux flame in good old days. 

I haven't used it for a long time after moving to Debian Gnome. 

Mind you now very famous MX Linux is based on it.

My recent encounter came as a result of my recent CRAZE for old Puppy Linux derivatives. 

I have collected about 30 already.

What annoyed me the most was the "Legacy Linux "distribution (please do not use it) developed by a guy who used TeenPup in the past and ported a AntiX distribution on top of Puppy making it huge (3.2GB).

It destroyed my GRUB Loader.

In fact, it erased it's FAT boot portion with EXT4.

It cannot even maintain a persistent volume.

I should own the blame I tried to install it to one of my spare partition.

It took 3 days for me to recover my NUC.

I did not lose a single data file. 

I am not a one who backup files in the cloud. 

I use another Gnome instance as a backup in the NUC computer system.

If my SATA in NUC goes bust I need to find another SATA, hard to come by, and I left two 1 terabyte SATA in Ceylon with all  my OLD DATA over 25 years and my gut feeling is they probably are gathering dust.