ROX-Filer 2.6.1

ROX-Filer is a fast and powerful graphical file manager for the X Window System.
You can use ROX-Filer as a small and fast filer within your current desktop......or get it to manage your pinboard, panels and applications.
Main features:
- Fast scanning of directories (in the background),
- Uncluttered display (popup menus are used throughout),
- Background file operations (copy, move, link, delete, permissions, find),
- Powerful expression-based find feature with on-line quick reference (eg mtime after 2 days ago and size > 10Mb finds files based on their modification time and size)
- Mounts and unmounts filesystems (just Shift-Click on the mount point),
- Supports the XDND protocol, which provides for drag-and-drop file loading, and the new XDS extension which allows drag-and-drop saving,
- VfS support allows browsing around inside zip files (and other types of archive),
- Fully configurable from the Options dialog box,
- User-defined key bindings for all menu entries,
- A pop-up minibuffer allows navigating the filesystem using shell-style tab completion,
- The minibuffer can also be used for quickly entering shell commands,
- Full manual provided (HTML format),
Other features:
XDND
A common drag-and-drop protocol used, for example, by the GNOME desktop[GNOME]. This allows data to be loaded into an application by dragging it from a filer window to a program. The full specification is given in [DND].
XDS
An extension to XDND that allows applications to save data by dragging an icon back to a filer window. The full specification is given in [XDS].
Choices
A simple, but flexible, system for managing user choices. See [Choices] for details.
Application directories
Self contained relocatable applications, where installation is as simple as copying it to where you want it and uninstalling it is just a matter of deleting a directory. Described later in this documentation.
Thumbnails
The filer can be made to display image files by using the image itself for the icon, instead of a generic `this-is-an-image icon. Very useful for organising a directory full of photos! See [Thumbs] for details (spec is still in developement).
Shared MIME Info Database
In the past, each desktop had its own database of rules for determining the type of files. The Shared MIME Info Database[SharedMIME] unifies these into a single system shared by all desktops.
Icon Themes
Collections of file icons, called themes, can be installed (eg, to `~/.icons). You can switch between themes in the Options box. Once other desktops support this fully, themes will be sharable between desktops.
DNotify support (Linux only)
If used with a recent Linux kernel (2.4.x series), the filer will notice changes to directories automatically. On other systems, directories will update when the pointer is moved over them.
Enhancements:
- Some problems with session management were fixed.
- This makes it easier to use ROX-Filer with gnome-session and similar software.
- When creating thumbnails, this release can use a thumbnail embedded in an EXIF image, which speeds things up.
- A couple of build problems were fixed.