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MedianMajik
February 25th, 2009, 11:16 PM
I've been using Nautilus as my file manager and Openbox as my Window Manager for a year now. Dealing with Nautilus using lots of memory has proven to me that I need to explore other options. I've played with Thunar and liked it. I'm wondering what other options I should know about. My desktop is basically acting as a server that hosts files 24/7 and I'd like to continue having Gtk applications while using a different Window/file manager. #!Crunchbang (Openbox) has been great for my laptop at only a 92mb load, but I don't want to install a new O/S on my desktop atm. I like Openbox, but I'm all about dabbling in alternatives. I'm very interested in tiled Window managers, but have no experience. Any other suggestions or tips I should know will be appreciated. Boot up time and stability are very important to me. My system seems to take some strain from being left on all the time, which I'd like to reduce.
Note: I've tried KDE and it isn't what I'm looking for.

Thanks for reading
Mark76
February 25th, 2009, 11:41 PM
Are you looking for a different file manager?

What kind do you prefer?
MedianMajik
February 25th, 2009, 11:49 PM
Are you looking for a different file manager?
What kind do you prefer?I'm not totally sure as I haven't found one worth keeping. I see Rox in your sig and I've heard good things about Rox-Filer. I'm a fan of the multiple panes in Terminator (http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2284).
kelvin spratt
February 25th, 2009, 11:50 PM
I would recommend LXDE as you are using openbox pcman is light as is thunar which I find has some really nice features when using it in root.
Mark76
February 25th, 2009, 11:57 PM
I'm not totally sure as I haven't found one worth keeping. I see Rox in your sig and I've heard good things about Rox-Filer. I'm a fan of the multiple panes in Terminator (http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2284).

If you like multi-paned file managers then you're looking for a Midnight Commander style FM.

Try this http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/ and see how you like it (it's in the repos).
MedianMajik
February 26th, 2009, 12:10 AM
Thanks for the suggestions so far! I'll give LXDE and pcman a try. Xfe looks to be exactly what I'm looking for in a file manager; I'll start testing it right away.