Gnome Commander
Gnome Commander is a two column graphical file manager for Linux, which is particularly well integrated into the Gnome desktop environment. It is based on the GIMP Toolkit ( GTK ) and the Gnome Virtual File System ( GnomeVFS ). In addition to Linux, BSD, and Cygwin are supported. The latter allows the use under Windows operating systems. The program is distributed under the GNU General Public License and has been translated into over 30 languages. The program is part of the package scope of common Linux distributions such as Debian and openSUSE. Furthermore, many other distributions are supported.
Features and functions
The Gnome Commander is one of the file managers with zweigeteiltem main window. This allows the simultaneous view example of a source and destination directory for the move or copy files or directories. The number of windows on the desktop is thereby reduced. The function is also called split-view and draws on the file manager Norton Commander, who in 1984 supported this mode. In Gnome Commander can be selected in two windowed mode either a horizontal or vertical configuration.
The Gnome Commander is seamlessly integrated into the Gnome desktop environment and can therefore especially as an alternative to in this environment by default with Nautilus serve. Nautilus offers as opposed to the Gnome Commander a so-called Spatial View, that is the contents of a directory each displayed in a new window.
The operation is done only with the keyboard, which allows the use of keyboard shortcuts is a very fast work, or in combination with a mouse. Keyboard shortcuts, and the behavior upon actuation of a certain mouse button are freely configurable.
Since the Gnome Commander supports GnomeVFS, the access network interfaces such as FTP, SMB, WebDAV and SSH can.
Buttons provide quick access to memory devices with automatic mounting and unmounting. There is furthermore a bookmark system for folders and a built-in file viewer for text and image documents. The contents of folders can be compared to and modify. An integrated command line enables command-line commands directly as in a terminal enter.
The integrated plugin File Roller numerous data compression and archive programs or the corresponding file formats are supported, such as ZIP files. Furthermore, a support for metadata systems such as Exif, IPTC and ID3 tags for audio and video files and other documents (eg pdf) integrated. This metadata can be used for example by means of an extended tool for renaming files. By supporting Gnome MIME types it is possible to open files with context -related programs. Furthermore, it is possible to define actions depending on certain file extensions, and start these actions via a pop-up menu by right-clicking on the file.
Revision history
The first public version of the Gnome Commander was on 2 August 2001 provided for download ( version 0.90 - pre1 Released). Almost 2 years later, in June 2003, was version 1.0, which first declared as stable version released. Gnome Commander was developed by the first published version by January 2004 (Version 1.1.6 ) by Marcus Bjurman. 2006, the development of Piotr Eljasiak and Assaf Gordon was acquired. After Piotr Eljasiak died in January 2012 and Assaf Gordon has left the project apparently, Uwe Scholz took over the care of the Gnome Commander.