Xfe
X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov.
Features
- Dual Pane Support
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What is Xfe?
X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov. Xfe is developed since 2002 by Roland Baudin, a French Linux enthusiast. Xfe aims to be the file manager of choice for all light thinking Unix addicts!
Why yet another file browser?
Yes, it's a good question. Why another file manager when many excellent choices exist already? Why not use a full-blown, animated, bells-and-whistles file manager like Konqueror, Nautilus or Rox?
The answer is quite simple: Although all these file managers are feature rich and cleverly designed, let's face it, they are huge! If you're a console addict, light desktop user or have an older system, resource hogging file managers just aren't the way to go. Especially since most file managers are Desktop dependent (KDE, Gnome, Xfce, etc.), requiring you to load all kinds of unwanted bloat onto your system.
So why XFE? Xfe is small, very fast and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional. Plus, it can be launched from the command line in a fraction of second. Xfe can also efficiently complete terminal commands. Personally, I use it in my everyday work and since I find it useful, I assume you will too!
Think light!
Xfe information
Developed by
Roland BaudinLicensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
70 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
This is a wonderful, mature piece of software. I'm not sure why it's not installed standard on the big distros. XFE is the first thing I install every time I install a new distribution of linux.
PROS
really snappy even on old machines. everything feels instant.
tree of folders on left and up to 2 panels on right if you want, so you can access several locations in your filing system at once (for the life of me I don't know why there are so many file managers that can't do this).
easy to change permissions on multiple files at once.
open terminal 'here'.
bookmarks and browser like navigation with buttons for forward and back.
CONS
none that I know of.
To make it dual-panel select: view/two panels
Based upon FOX toolkit library, Xfe is a lightweight file manager, that usually performs well, albeit not having a beautiful user interface. This file manager is very agnostic regarding your window manager or desktop environment, so it don't follow the XDG standard or even use HAL/udev.