Which file manager?

[Mark Kane]

Seth Williamson wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> Seth Williamson
> Franklin County, VA
> USA

xffm comes with Xfce. Xubuntu must have included Rox. I use Rox with
Xfce myself mainly because of the desktop icons, but I changed the
shortcuts to use the Rox-Filer as well. I do most of my file management
through the command line though.

-Mark

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