Ubuntu: is there a better file manager than Nautilus?

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Is there a package readily available that can replace & enhance the functionality of Nautilus?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '09 at 16:59

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Midnight Commander! Just type mc from any command prompt.

answered Oct 16 '09 at 16:59

Chris_K

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score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '09 at 18:08

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Thunar is a decent light weight replacement.

http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html

answered Oct 16 '09 at 18:08

timepilot

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:44

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If you want to look at the KDE world, there is dolphin. And if you prefer two-panel file-manager, you can try krusader. Both are installable via a apt-get install.

answered Oct 16 '09 at 17:44

Terry Shi

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score 2 · Answer 4 · 2009-10-17T02:57:06.030

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While it has a few peculiarities, I've had mostly positive experiences with ROX when I've had a need for a graphical file manager. It's much lighter than nautilus.

edited Oct 17 '09 at 02:57

answered Oct 16 '09 at 19:43

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 19 '10 at 14:11

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Dolphin has Miller Column view like Mac OSX 's finder. I like that feature very much!

answered Mar 19 '10 at 14:11

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 13 '13 at 19:47

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Surprised not to see the pcmanfm File Manager here! If speed is something you really want, PCManFM is a superb option! :)

sudo apt-get install pcmanfm

edited Jan 13 '13 at 19:47

Stephane Rolland

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answered Mar 09 '11 at 18:25

Niks

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 19 '09 at 20:43

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I love mc, and wouldn't use anything else. But, if it's too 80's for you, you can get gnome-commander from the repos.

answered Oct 19 '09 at 20:43

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