A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, file viewer, computer printer, streaming media, rename, move, file copying, file deletion, attributes, properties, search/find, and permissions.... for the X Window System
X Window System
The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions.... . It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop
ROX Desktop
The ROX Desktop is a desktop environment based on the ROX-Filer file manager. Files are loaded by drag and drop them to an application from the filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer.... , a graphical desktop environment
Desktop environment
In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today.... for Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.... computer operating system
Operating system
An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer.... s. It is the file manager provided by default in certain Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like software distributions built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions consist of a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications.... s such as Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution that is very small and focuses on Usability. If the computer has at least 256 MB of RAM, the entire operating system and all the applications will run from Random access memory, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts.... and Dyne:bolic
Dyne:bolic
dyne:bolic is a Live CD based on the Linux kernel with a focus on multimedia production, and is distributed with a large assortment of applications for audio and video manipulation.... , and was used in Xubuntu
Xubuntu
Xubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment.Because the Xfce desktop environment uses fewer system resources, Xubuntu is often used on older computers, systems with limited resources, laptops, netbooks and high-efficiency workstations.... until Thunar
Thunar
Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager.... became stable.
GTK+, or The GIMP Toolkit, is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt .... toolkit. Available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft.... , ROX-Filer is free software
Free software
Free Software or software libre is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and to prevent consumer-facing hardware... .
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations used are create, open, edit, file viewer, computer printer, streaming media, rename, move, file copying, file deletion, attributes, properties, search/find, and permissions.... for the X Window System
X Window System
The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions.... . It can be used on its own as a file manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop
ROX Desktop
The ROX Desktop is a desktop environment based on the ROX-Filer file manager. Files are loaded by drag and drop them to an application from the filer, and saved by dragging back to the filer.... , a graphical desktop environment
Desktop environment
In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface that is based on the desktop metaphor which can be seen on most modern personal computers today.... for Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.... computer operating system
Operating system
An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer.... s. It is the file manager provided by default in certain Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like software distributions built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions consist of a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications.... s such as Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux
Puppy Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution that is very small and focuses on Usability. If the computer has at least 256 MB of RAM, the entire operating system and all the applications will run from Random access memory, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts.... and Dyne:bolic
Dyne:bolic
dyne:bolic is a Live CD based on the Linux kernel with a focus on multimedia production, and is distributed with a large assortment of applications for audio and video manipulation.... , and was used in Xubuntu
Xubuntu
Xubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment.Because the Xfce desktop environment uses fewer system resources, Xubuntu is often used on older computers, systems with limited resources, laptops, netbooks and high-efficiency workstations.... until Thunar
Thunar
Thunar is a file manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit and shipped with Xfce version 4.4 RC1 and later. Thunar is developed by Benedikt Meurer, and was originally intended to replace XFFM, Xfce's previous file manager.... became stable.
GTK+, or The GIMP Toolkit, is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt .... toolkit. Available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft.... , ROX-Filer is free software
Free software
Free Software or software libre is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things and to prevent consumer-facing hardware... .
