gentoo
gentoo is a file manager written in C. It uses the GTK+ toolkit, and the two-pane concept, somewhat inspired by DOpus. gentoo strives to be very configurable, and also to let you do all configuration from a GUI within the program itself. Using advanced file typing and styling systems, gentoo determines how to display files in its listings, and also how to act on them. The package includes a set of over 120 unique handcrafted icons, for many different types of files.
| Tags | Desktop Environment File Managers |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 30 May 2009 20:48
Changes: DirPane configuration was ported to use GTK+ 2.0 native list widgets. Bugs in the incremental-focusing command were fixed. Character set conversion problems were fixed in the overwrite confirmation dialog, as well as in the built-in text viewer.
- 23 Apr 2009 20:43
Changes: This release fixes a bug in File Types configuration that confused it if you stepped around in the list using arrow keys and edited randomly. It fixes a bug that caused Gentoo to crash with a memory corruption bug after a few changes of the current directory. It converts yet another GtkCList to a GTK+ 2.0 tree view. There are a few other minor improvements.
- 26 Mar 2009 16:06
Changes: More of the old lists were replaced with new GTK+ 2.0 versions. Window position tracking was re-enabled. Compensation was added for window manager borders. A couple of memory leaks were plugged. ChMod now shows textual and octal versions of the modes.
- 13 Mar 2009 22:10
Changes: The file type identification using the external 'file' program has been completely rewritten. It should now be both safer and faster, and handle errors better.
- 08 Mar 2009 06:27
Changes: This is the first version of gentoo to require GTK+ 2.x. It also includes minor enhancements and bugfixes.
- All comments
Recent commentsAnnounce: gentoo 0.15.1
Just a note to ask all old users of gentoo to please upgrade to the new 0.15.x series. It even uses GTK+ 2, it's like living in the future! :)
Best of the best
I am an old user of gentoo, I do not remember exactly how long ago I installed it, but I have learned over and over again that there just isn't a replacement for the gentoo's adaptability (distro included ;) ). I use it for every imaginable file action - burning cds, encoding, decoding, ...
I have found that the best way to use gentoo is to combine it with bash scriots, they add all the power of linux scripting, while gentoo just passes parameters into scripts. This way you retain realiability and do not loose any functionality, since there still are a few glitches with gentoo and I wouldn't recommend it for a regular superuser usage. On the other hand, it is awesome for a casual user and I mean awesome - you really should try this.
The one thing that really bothers me with gentoo is the functionality of the mouse - I have written to the author a few times about it and he remains adamant that its just fine, well actually its ok, since gentoo is mainly set to be used with a keyboard, but I would prefer the other way :).
And let me just add: Thank you Emil, this is my favourite linux app :)
Still the best file manager for me!
I love the Gentoo FM and have been using it for 3 years now. What I like most is being able to skip around with the arrow keys opening up textfiles and editing them AND going to a directory and pressing T to get a command prompt - wonderful! Clone, Link, Copy and Move too - brilliant!
Please, Emil, don't ever abandon this great FM, even the latest version of Nautilus hasn't tempted me away.
Re: Gentoo is excellent!
> Selection is more or less GTK+ standard,
> which is reasonable in my opinion.
> Selecting things from a list with the
> left mouse button seems, again IMO, to
> be more or less world standard. Having
> been slightly exposed to Windows
> Commander recently, I kind of understand
> what you're saying, but I would never
> even had the thought otherwise. Don't
> expect this to change...
:-(((((
I want to configure it...
Selection in "FAR" and "Total Commander" very good!
Havn't even installed it and Im in love!
Ok, Id hate to sound to eagre.. but this looks awsome!!
I have recently moved to FreeBSD and use CTWM as my DM. So of course I want an FM. After much searching I started with MC: sexy though it is, it doesnt have enough functionality and konqueror is nice but far too many bells and whistles to be efficient. Seeing this has me fairly itching to get home.
I know it is exactly what I want [scratch] need.
Thanks