What File Manager should be used?

[rms46]

Hello,
What File Managers are available for TC? What is the most popular one?
1) "xterm" + "ls" is fine for me.
2) "firefox" is somewhat slow, but it is quite handy to have one tab to display files
3) "fluff" is this the default file manager?

Else?

[Rich]

Hi Rahmat
rox-filer.tcz
pcmanfm.tcz
pcmanfm2.tcz
emelfm.tcz
emelfm2.tcz
Thunar.tcz
I'm sure there are many others. Not making any recommendations, be sure to read the info files.

[rms46]

Thanks. I have tried all.
I think I will use either fluff or dirwin.
Both are very light.

Rahmat.

[Rich]

Hi Rahmat
Personally, I've found that  mc  meets most of my needs.

[gerald_clark]

The first extension I load is mc.

[netnomad]

The first extension I load is mc.

...me too!
it's my most important tool on so many different platforms, lean and clean.
there is no need for a graphical environment, can be used on almost bare bone systems,
but mc is useful in comfortable desktop guis, too.
without mc it's really hard to do easy things

even on windows or mac you should have something comparable like total commander or mucommander...

[tinypoodle]

even on windows or mac you should have something comparable like total commander or mucommander...

mc is a clone of nc (Norton Commander) 

[coreplayer2]

I remember Norton Commander, well i can remember what it looked like not sure I ever became proficient with it. 
I think the command line was far more useable
Same for mc oh boy I have a headache just wondering how anyone uses it..  I keep trying though, alas I need a mentor to help me through it's idiosyncrasies.

Instead when I have some serious work to accomplish I rely on Fluff entirely.

On systems build with a priority on user experience hands down a modded  pcmanfm mod  with gnome icon theme is the winner.

Otherwise fluff gets the job done

I wish I could share the enthusiasm of everyone here for mc but I don't know how to use it

[AbNoRMiS]

xfe as variant

[Lee]

I wish I could share the enthusiasm of everyone here for mc but I don't know how to use it

I suspect you would find it well worth the investment to learn to use it... and so would I!   

I've been keeping it around for almost two years now and still haven't got around to playing with it at any length.  Hmm... maybe its time to do that right now.

[AbNoRMiS]

mc can do everything that is possible for text mode manager except folders synchronization
but if i am not mistaken that none of above listed file managers also can not do it

[bmarkus]

I can't survive without mc. Even in  LXDE or Xfce4 I'm using always mc. BTW, for piCore on Raspbian first extension I made was mc.tcz (and its dependencies) to be able to use it

[netnomad]

mc can do everything that is possible for text mode manager except folders synchronization
but if i am not mistaken that none of above listed file managers also can not do it

hi friends,

i use mc even for something like folder synchronization on a daily base:
in the menu command i use with the letter "c" the command "compare directories" and then all different or changed files are marked... these marked files i copy manually to the other directory.

for other more extensive tasks i use unison or rsync... very useful tools:
unison provided for all platforms like linux, mac and win is very easy to handle, stable and secure.
rsync can be easy integrated in simple scripts without much coding experience.

a life without mc must be really painful

[AbNoRMiS]

unfortunately, comparison in mc can not handle subfolders

it seems to me that unison or meld not very handy
when use it apart from file manager

btw regarding primary question
i also use total commander over wine

[roberts]

What file manager? I never use one. Old style command line tools is all I ever use.
I wonder, if perhaps, it is a generation thing. I am so old that I did not have the luxury of a file manager in my younger days. So now I only see them as an obstacle, too many items on the screen I find distracting!  Perhaps the youngest of our group perfer a GUI file manager, whereas the "in between'ers" perfer mc.