File sorting and grouping by name, size, types, and many other attributes.
Three view modes (icons, compact, and details).
It replaced Konqueror as the KDE default file manager with the following features: It is the default file manager on KDE desktops from KDE 4 onwards but users of KDE 3 can also install and use it. Designed for simplicity, flexibility, and full customization, it allows users to browse, locate, open, copy, and move files around a Linux system with a lot of ease.
It has three views: Icon Grid, Icon List, and Tree List.ĭolphin is a free, open-source, lightweight file manager developed as part of the KDE applications package.
Enables access to both local and remote files.
GNOME Files is widely supported on several desktop environments on Linux, therefore making it one of the best and also most popular.
Different kinds of plugins: Service-menus, KParts, KIO, and KPart-plugins.įormerly known as Nautilus, it is a simple and default file manager on the GNOME desktop, it offers a user easy navigation and management of files on a Linux system.
Embedded applications such as Okular, Calligra, Gwenview, and KTextEditor to preview files.
File management on ftp and sftp servers.
File management using most of Dolphin’s features.
Web browsing using KHTML or KDEWebKit as rendering engines.
Konqueror is a powerful and great file manager for the KDE desktop, it offers simple file management functionalities such as copying, moving, searching, and deleting files plus some advanced features and functionalities such as access to archives, browse and rip audio CDs, support for access to FTP and SFTP servers, smb (Windows) shares. $ sudo emerge -a sys-apps/filemanager-name You can install these graphical or console file managers using the default system package management tool called apt, yum, dnf, apk, pacman or zypper as shown.