Which file manager?

Jasper Huijsmans jasper at xfce.org
Wed Dec 21 19:15:59 CET 2005


Seth Williamson schreef:
> I am using Xubuntu, the version of Ubuntu with xfce4 as desktop 
> environment.  It's noticeably snappier than either KDE or Gnome, a very 
> pleasant experience.
> 
> I am confused, however, by which is supposed to be the "official" file 
> manager for xfce4.  From reading the docs, I get the impression that 
> it's supposed to be xffm.  But when you click on the Menu and choose 
> file manager, what comes up seems to be rox.
> 
> Just wondering which is supposed to be the one that xfce4 prefers.
> 

Xffm is developed as part of Xfce. The setup you have is a choice by the 
Xubuntu packagers. Xfce doesn't prefer anything. You're free to choose 
whatever you like.

	Jasper



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