Twin-pane file managers

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:33:45PM -0500, Nicholas Bodley wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:03:24 -0500, Matej Cepl <ceplm at seznam.cz> wrote:
> 
> <chat>
> Well, I'm not partisan about the two choices. For now, I'm running  
> Libranet 3.0 on a trailing-edge machine (Deskpro 4K, 233 MHz P II,  
> 128MB/40GB.) Gnome apps seem to run faster, but KDE seems perhaps to be  
> better integrated, and generally looks nicer. KDE also seems to eat CPU  
> cycles; the bouncing squashing icon on starting an app. isn't much fun  
> past, say, 15 seconds or so. While KDE's graphic designers were clueless  
> about the graceful shape of a real gear tooth, the GNOME footprint struck  
> me as ugly. In all, I think of it as a healthy competition.
> </kitty>

Looks like no one has yet mentioned Rox-Filer, which is
technically a one-pane file manager, but can become a two-pane
by simply opening up another window.

It's small, fast, and generally Does The Right Thing. On a slow
machine with limited RAM, I'd highly recommend it.

-dsr-

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