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Encyclopedia > GNOME Commander
GNOME Commander

GCMD Main window
Developer: The GNOME Commander team
Latest release: 1.2.2 / December 11, 2006
OS: Linux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems, and also Microsoft Windows (via Cygwin)
Use: File manager
License: GPL
Website: www.nongnu.org/gcmd

GNOME Commander is a powerful "two-pane" graphical file manager for GNOME. It is built using the GTK+ toolkit and GnomeVFS. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management, their work through special applications and running smart commands. Image File history File links GCMD-logo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (973x713, 25 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release refers to the creation and availability of a new version of a computer software product. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of operating systems by Microsoft. ... Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a Unix system. ... A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... The GNOME project is an international effort to create an easy-to-use computing platform built entirely from free software. ... Initially created for the raster graphics editor, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, the GIMP Toolkit—abbreviated, and almost exclusively known, as GTK+—is one of the two most popular widget toolkits for the X Window System for creating graphical user interfaces. ...

Contents

Features

  • Gnome MIME types.
  • FTP support.
  • SAMBA access.
  • Right click mouse menu.
  • User defined context menu.
  • Quick device access buttons with automatic mounting and unmounting.
  • Latest accessed folder history.
  • Folder bookmarks.
  • Plugin support.
  • Fast file viewer for text and images.
  • Meta data support for Exif, IPTC and ID3 tags.
  • Tools for advanced renaming of files, searching, quick file name search in current dir, symlinking, comparing directories.
  • Integrated command line.
  • Support for over 30 languages.

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User interface

The user interface is based on the orthodox file manager (OFM) principle, also known as Commander-like file managers, are the family of file managers based on the old Norton Commander interface. The orthodox file manager has two windows called panels where one is active and the other inactive. The idea is to manipulate files from active to inactive panel or within active panel. Only the keyboard is required to do this, which makes the process much faster. Using the mouse is still an option. The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ... Orthodox File Managers (OFM), also known as Commander-like file managers, are the family of file managers based on the old Norton Commander interface. ... A file manager is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. ... Pre-Symantec version of Norton Commander for DOS Norton Commander v. ... The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ...


Platforms

GNOME Commander is primarily developed for the Linux platform, but it is available for some other platforms such as BSD or Cygwin. Linux (also known as GNU/Linux) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is the Unix derivative distributed by the University of California, Berkeley, starting in the 1970s. ... Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a Unix system. ...


See also

Free software Portal

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External links

  • GNOME Commander homepage
  • GNOME Commander sources at ftp.gnome.org
  • Debian packages
  • Mandriva packages
  • SuSe packages
  • Fedora packages


 
 

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