Re: I Hate Nautilus - help me ;)

[Blair Lowe <redhat zedemail ca>]

Or you could try the ximian xd2 desktop. It rocks.

I'd avoid the red-carpet updates, though.

Make sure you are running rh9.

TTYL,
Blair.

On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 18:06, Jeff wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 23:48, Stuart Sears wrote:
> > On Sunday 01 February 2004 23:26, Jeff wrote:
> > > Evening all,
> > >
> > > I've just come back to my Linux box after a few weeks on windows
> > > (hardware problems) and have been fiddling with the GUI - changed window
> > > manager's etc - just tweaking it. I've decided that I hate nautilus -
> > > its slow, cumbersome and doesnt look very pretty. I've finally got gnome
> > > setup the way I like it - is there any way to get rid of nautilus and
> > > stick something better in its place? Any suggestions for a decent file
> > > manager and how to install it?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Jeff
> > I hate nautilus too.
> > There's always KDE and konqueror... (my personal favourite).
> > If you want something lighter, you could try the Rox Filer. I haven't looked 
> > for rpms of it, but they probably exist...
> > 
> > Stuart
> > -- 
> > Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX
> > 
> 
> I've never really liked KDE - just never got on with it. I tried that
> rox filer - I LOVE IT ;)
> 
> You can get the rpms from
> http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/RedHat
> 
> Now the tricky bit - how do you configure gnome to use rox instead of
> Nautilus. I had a quick look in the preferences page but couldnt find
> it. Anyone know how?
> 
> Jeff
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