Showing posts with label file manager. Show all posts
Showing posts with label file manager. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Install the fastest file browser PCManFM and set it as default

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 Install the fastest file browser PCManFM and set it as default

PCManFM file browser or file manager is very fast light and smooth, it contains most of the required properties and it is used in LXDE desktop environment, built using GTK2.


To install it now, click Here.

- How to set PCManFM as the default file manager ?


1. Click here to install the exo-utils.

2. Open a terminal and run the following command :

exo-preferred-applications 

3. Navigate to the Utilities tab and select PCManFM File Manager as the picture shows :

exo preferred applications



     
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Monday, February 17, 2014

Marlin Light File Manager

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Marlin Light File Manager

Marlin is a file browse that is high- light response , designed to be simple and easy to use.

Marlin is based on GTK3 and GNOME 3 technologies used widely , it is written by the programming language C, the interface are written in the programming language Vala, It contains some of the key features of the file browser of XFCE interface which called Thunar.

Marlin advantages :


- Tabbed browsing .
- Multi- in views .
- One click to open folders and files (default) .
- Toolbars and user interface midwives customizable .
- Plugin framework
- Networking Support (SSH, FTP, Windows share, HTTP and HTTPS).
- And many others ..

Marlin screenshots : 


marlin file browser

marlin file browser

marlin file manager

marlin file manager

marlin file manager


- To install the marlin on Ubuntu, open a terminal and paste the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: marlin-devs/marlin-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install marlin

 - to add both Ubuntu one and Dropbox to Marlin paste the following command :

sudo apt-get install marlin-plugin

     
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Monday, February 3, 2014

Ubuntu will Abandon Nautilus for Its new file manager

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Ubuntu will Abandon Nautilus for Its new file manager

Ubuntu still uses a lot of Gnome applications, including the browser files famous Nautilus, but this will change soon .

It seems that the way of developing Nautilus by Nautilus Developers annoys Canonical. The Ubuntu developers are not satisfied with some of the features that have been lost from Nautilus and removed it.

Canonical plans to embark on a development start from Ubuntu 14.10 , which will be released in October of this year , and perhaps will be uniting on all platforms other Tablets, phones and others.

Canonical now and trying to understand the community about the required features they want in the new file browser , and this means that more information about the new file browser will be available soon .

     
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