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schauerlich
July 19th, 2008, 02:22 AM
Do any Linux file managers support a column view a la the Finder in OS X?
antineutrinos
July 19th, 2008, 06:21 AM
I'm kite sure there's one, using KDE 4. The file manager of KDE 4 named dolphin.
Claus7
July 19th, 2008, 06:46 AM
Hello,

Go to Places->Home Folder and from there:

View-View as a list.

If I understood correctly this is what you are looking for.

Regards!
owlgorithm
July 19th, 2008, 03:25 PM
It is interesting to see the actual history of this, by the way:
Miller columns - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Columns)

On that note, if you can't find what you need with one of the above posts, you may be able to get FSViewer working. You probably know the history of how OS X is descended from NeXTStep, but anyway FSViewer is something to look at if you want the "real thing," haha. Here's a good article for a lot of information:
Short Guide to Window Maker - Ubuntu Forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=85363)
cyberdork33
July 19th, 2008, 04:11 PM
just had a discussion about this in another thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863465

dolphin (kde4) seems the best answer.
schauerlich
July 19th, 2008, 04:40 PM
just had a discussion about this in another thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=863465

dolphin (kde4) seems the best answer.

Ugh, KDE gives me hives. I downloaded it anyways, and it goes have columns, but that's it's only redeeming quality. It also had 140mb worth of libraries attached to it. My search continues...