File manager for IceWM like dfm

Mr. Alex · 05-11-2011, 08:30 AM

Hello!
I like the view of dfm but the project seems to be dead (last update in 2001) and it hangs up with my IceWM, so I can't use it at all. Is there anything else like dfm (it should look very oldschool) that I can use with IceMW on the desktop area?

jens · 05-11-2011, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Alex

Hello!
I like the view of dfm but the project seems to be dead (last update in 2001) and it hangs up with my IceWM, so I can't use it at all. Is there anything else like dfm (it should look very oldschool) that I can use with IceMW on the desktop area?

I mostly use mc.
http://www.midnight-commander.org/

If it needs to be more graphical (GTK), I usually use either ROX (full DE) or xfe (win9*-like).
http://roscidus.com/desktop/
http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/

Mr. Alex · 05-11-2011, 10:38 AM

Thanks! Xfe looks very Win98.

ROX is not an option since it's full DE and I can't use it with IceWM. What I wanted is something that can intergrate in IceWM desktop to show its icons and be a file manager at the same time. Xfe looks cool but it's not quite for integration.

Arcane · 05-11-2011, 10:40 AM

What about pcmanfm or emelfm2?

jens · 05-14-2011, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Alex

What I wanted is something that can intergrate in IceWM desktop to show its icons and be a file manager at the same time.

That's exactly what ROX does

With a full DE, I meant IceWM + ROX.

PS: I use it as an even more lightweight alternative for XFCE and LXDE.
ROX is one of the most used add-ons for IceWM users.

RockDoctor · 05-14-2011, 07:11 PM

Once upon a time (circa 2003) I ran ROX with IceWM on my ancient Nec laptop (300MHz AMD K6, 64 MB RAM, 4GB HD). Lightest combination I found that did what I needed.

rediflex · 05-14-2011, 09:03 PM

I currently have a laptop that uses the ROX+Icewm setup (although I don't use the rox desktop I have played with it and it seems to work just fine). See the AntiX distro as an example (I believe ROX+IceWM is the default on the latest Live version).