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• Linux Tip: Change Gnome menus to use PCMan File Manager

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: File Explorer, File Managers, Linux, Linux Tip, Menubar

  Nautilus, PCMan, the default file manager for the "Places" portion of the Gnome menu by editing a few configuration files located in /usr/share/applications. After installing PCMan, the following two configuration files need to be edited (with superuser credentials): /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop

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• Linux: Gnome celebrates its 10th birthday and KDE ...

  Published: August 16, 2007, 2:59 pm

  Tags: Desktop, File Explorer, Gui, Linux

  Gnome celebrates its 10th birthday and KDE previews its awesome new file exploring app, Dolphin.

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• Access Linux Files from Windows with Linux Reader [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: December 17, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Dual Boot, Featured Windows Download, File Explorer, File Managers, Linux, Top, Windows

  at their Windows-formatted files, but Windows certainly doesn't make it easy to go the other way 'round. Enter Linux Reader, a free Windows application that emulates the look and feel of the Windows XP Explorer and allows read-only access to ext2 and ext3-formatted drives, the most common formats for Linux installations. Linux Reader can also

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• AccelMan File Manager Replaces Explorer with Robust Features [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: July 18, 2008, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, Explorer, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers, Top, Windows, Windows Explorer

  text editor, and even file compression and extraction with support for 15 popular formats (including ZIP and RAR). It also does as-you-type search, reads PDF and Microsoft Office documents, and tons more. We've shown you how to replace Explorer with Xplorer2, but if you're looking for an Explorer alternative and Xplorer2 wasn't you're

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• Best Alternative File Managers? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

  Published: July 22, 2008, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Hive Five Call For Contenders, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers

  out of the box, it's a file manager. But whether it's Windows Explorer or the OS X Finder, your operating system's default file manager doesn't always offer all the features you want for handling your files. That's why for this week's Hive Five, we want you to tell us about your favorite alternative file manager. Read on for more details

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• Five Best Alternative File Managers [Hive Five]

  Published: July 24, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Hive Five, Feature, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers, Top

  your favorite alternative file managers, and today we're back with the five most popular answers. Keep reading for a closer look at the five best alternative file managers, then vote for your file manager of choice. Xplorer2 (Windows, Freeware/Shareware) Xplorer2 offers a dual-paned interface (plus file tree) with support for tabbed file

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• Turn "View Hidden Files" On and Off in Windows with a Shortcut [How To]

  Published: July 24, 2008, 9:14 am

  Tags: How To, File Explorer, Files, Folders, Top, Windows, Windows Tip

  to turn Windows' hidden file showing on and off. Normally, showing hidden files—like folders named with a starting "." and configuration files—is accessed through the options in Windows Explorer windows or shell extension tools, but this Virtual Basic script can be stashed anywhere and accessed from a keyboard shortcut. Great

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• Explorer++ Improves On Windows Explorer [Featured Windows Download]

  Published: August 19, 2008, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers, Top, Windows, Windows Explorer

  Windows only: Alpha file manager Explorer++ is a promising free alternative to Windows Explorer that offers features it sorely lacks, like tabbed browsing, secure file deletion, file merging and splitting, instant command line access, and keyboard shortcuts. Explorer++ is still in alpha and may not be ready for full-time use the way Xplorer 2 is,

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