KDE vs. GNOME session management
Bill Horne
bill-CIZd1d4GmLheoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org
Tue Dec 30 12:36:35 EST 2008
Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:58:15AM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
>
>> Another area of differentiation between the two environments is the
>> bundled file manager. I find GNOME's Nautilus intuitive and adequate,
>> although nothing special. [snip]
>> Any recommendations for alternate file managers?
>>
>
> Yes -- the command line. I've never met a graphical file manager
> which was as quick, precise, and flexible as the cli shell of
> your choice. Learning just a few tricks -- for loops, find and
> xargs -- will pay off immensely.
>
I'll add "consistent naming conventions" to Dan's remark. If *every*
file that has to do with client X is labelled "Client X
(receivables|billable hours|birthdays)", etc., you'll find files a lot
easier to manage.
Bill Horne
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