Why two file managers?
Because I use two.
They do things differently,
both both do some things better than the other...
It comes down to speed and flexibility.
Drag-N-Drop (between windows):
[Pcman -> Pcman] on same drive moves file.
[Pcman -> Rox] (or Rox -> Pcman) on same drive copies file.
[Rox -> Rox] on same directory also asks if you want to move,
copy or symlink (both hard and soft)
Other:
Pcmanfm will show volumes in its left panel. You plug something in - it shows up there. it takes care of our desktop and background and generally does a good job at letting us tool around the filesystems.
Rox-Filer will open a very large directory, like /usr/bin, MUCH faster than Pcmanfm. Also, ROX is set to show thumbnail images (Pcmanfm is NOT.) In ROX, the one-click icon size increase acts like an image viewer for directories. (See below.)
http://www.absolutelinux.org/screens.shtml
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Because I use two.
They do things differently,
both both do some things better than the other...
It comes down to speed and flexibility.
Drag-N-Drop (between windows):
[Pcman -> Pcman] on same drive moves file.
[Pcman -> Rox] (or Rox -> Pcman) on same drive copies file.
[Rox -> Rox] on same directory also asks if you want to move,
copy or symlink (both hard and soft)
Other:
Pcmanfm will show volumes in its left panel. You plug something in - it shows up there. it takes care of our desktop and background and generally does a good job at letting us tool around the filesystems.
Rox-Filer will open a very large directory, like /usr/bin, MUCH faster than Pcmanfm. Also, ROX is set to show thumbnail images (Pcmanfm is NOT.) In ROX, the one-click icon size increase acts like an image viewer for directories. (See below.)
http://www.absolutelinux.org/screens.shtml
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我求人難 人求我更難
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