8 Linux file managers to try | Linux Today

8 Linux file managers to try

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David Both
Apr 21, 2015

One of the most common administrative tasks that end users and administrators alike need to perform is file management. Managing files can consume a major portion of your time. Locating files, determining which files and folders (directories) are taking the most disk space, deleting files, moving files, and simply opening files for use in an application are some of the most basic???yet frequent???tasks we do as computer users. File management programs are tools that are intended to streamline and simplify those necessary chores.

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