[K12OSN] lightweight file manager with good thumbnails

[Rob Owens]

I've never used the rox desktop, only rox filer.  

IceWM's default is a blank desktop w/ no support for
icons on the desktop (a toolbar is included, though). 
I believe that the default setup in K12LTSP is for
IceWM to use Nautilus to provide icons on the desktop,
but I think that can be changed.  

Sorry I can't be too much help here--my experience
with IceWM is mainly on a non-K12LTSP machine.

The toolbar in IceWM is very easy to "bulk-configure".
 It's a simple text file, which you could distribute
to students' home directories based on their group if
you wanted to.  I personally don't see any need for
icons on the desktop, but it is one of those things
that people coming from Windows think they "need"
(myself included, a couple years ago).  Now I think
the toolbar is much better because I can put tons of
applications on it and it never gets covered up by a
window.  The only problem is that it's not easily
modifiable by your average point-and-clicker -- but
maybe you don't want them to modify it anyway.

-Rob

--- Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you both just using the filer or the whole rox
> package with
> desktop?  I forget, when you default to Icewm is the
> desktop provided
> by some part of Gnome or is it nautilus?  Is there a
> way to keep that
> desktop and use rox filer?  I know the desktop is
> part of the
> performance problem but It would be nice if I could
> make  transitions
> gradually.  Besides I need to know how to add Icons
> on a group basis
> 'out of the gate' so to speak.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
> On 11/13/05, Gentgeen <gentgeen at linuxmail.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > And ROX allows for thumbnail of images right
> inside the file browser :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:03:13 -0800 (PST)
> > Rob Owens <hick518 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I like using ROX filer.  It's very quick.  You
> have to
> > > set the run action for each file type, so that
> when
> > > you click on a file, it knows what to open it
> with.
> > > (You can also right-click and choose "open
> with...")
> > > Anyway, mine is set to open all jpeg's with
> GQview,
> > > which I find to be a nice, fast picture viewer.
> > >
> > > -Rob
> > >
> > > --- Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > > I've been looking around for a lightweight
> file
> > > > manager than nautilus
> > > > that has has good thumbnail support.  I tried
> xfe
> > > > but it completely
> > > > locks up when you use thumbnail view with
> hi-res
> > > > pictures.  Is there a
> > > > way to integrate gthumb into a file manager. 
> Is
> > > > there maybe a file
> > > > manager that has a button to launch gthumb
> using the
> > > > current folder?
> > > > Any recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
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