Thunar and Rox Filer: Mighty File Managers
The file manager utility more than any other system app on any computing platform is the workhorse of daily computing tasks. Linux users have numerous file managers as choices. Depending on the distro, usually one or two default apps are preinstalled -- but these might not be the best options.
Thunar and Rox Filer offer flexibility and features not found in other typical Linux file managing systems.
Thunar is designed for the Xfce Desktop Environment, but it works natively on the Gnome Desktop as well. Its right-click menu access provides options specific to the location within the directory. This reduces the need to use the drop-down menu system. Rox is a desktop environment like Gnome, KDE and Xfce, but its Rox Filer app integrates easily into other desktop systems for managing file tasks.
Rox places heavy use on drag-and-drop user actions.
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Thunar is nice
I've enjoyed using Thunar in XFCE. I never did get very comfortable with Rox Filer.